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Bulbophyllum affine is a species of Bulbophyllum found in asia.
Plant blooms in summer with a single 3 cm flower.
Distribution
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Plants are found in evergreen forest in the Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, southern China, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Ryukyus Islands at elevations of 600 to 1800 meters.
CultureEdit
Keep plant in cool to warm temperatures. Keep moist in summer seasons and do not allow mix to dry, in winter keep the mix slight dry and reduce watering. Keep good air movement to avoid fungal growth.Keep plants in shade. Pot plants in sphagnum moss, fine bark, or mounted
Rhizome stout, 4-5 mm in diam., covered with scalelike sheaths, rooting at nodes. Pseudobulbs erect, 4-8 cm apart from each other, subcylindric, 3-4 cm, 5-8 mm in diam., with a terminal leaf. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade oblong, 6-26 × 1-4 cm, leathery or fleshy, base contracted into petiole, apex obtuse and slightly emarginate. Scape from node of rhizome and base of pseudobulb, 4-8 cm; inflorescence 1-flowered, base with 3-5 sheaths. Pedicel and ovary 3.5-7.5 cm. Flower thickly textured; sepals and petals pale yellow with purplish stripes; lip purple. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, 17-20 × 4-5 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals falcate-lanceolate, similar in size to dorsal sepal, base adnate to column foot forming a broad mentum, apex acute. Petals lanceolate, 11-15 × 3-4 mm, margin entire, apex acute; lip lanceolate, 8-10 mm, fleshy, adaxially glabrous, grooved at base, hinged to end of column foot by a mobile joint, apex acuminate, slightly recurved. Column ca. 5 mm, stout; stelidia inconspicuous; foot ca. 5 mm, without free part; anther cap ca. 3 mm, adaxially finely papillate. Fl. May-Jul. 2n = 36.
Tree trunks or rocks in forests or along valleys; 100-600 m. S Guangdong, S Guangxi, Hainan, S Taiwan, S Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].
CITIES category : Appendix II
References
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