| Bulbophyllum eublepharum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
| Species: | Bulbophyllum eublepharum |
Bulbophyllum eublepharum Rchb.f. 1861SECTION Hirtula Ridley 1908
Plant in situ Bhutan Photos by © Bhakta Ghalley TheBhutan Biodiversity Portal
Plant and Flower Drawings by © Bengal Secretariat Press and JD Hooker The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Beautiful Lash Bulbophyllum [refers to the serrate-fimbriate petals] - In China Mo Tuo Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size .1 to .12" [5 to 6 mm]
Found in China, eastern Himalayas and Myanmar in open montane forests at elevations around 2000 to 2500 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with clustered, cylindrical, grooved pseudobulbs that widen slightly towards the base and are enveloped partially by imbricating sheaths and carrying a single, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, acute, narrowing to a channeled, shortly petiolate to subsessile base leaf that blooms in the summer on a basal, glabrous, 19 to 35" [32.5 to 85 cm] long, slender, racemose, laxly 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence with basally clasping, spreading above, lanceolate, subacute, linear-lanceolate, acute floral bracts
Synonyms Bulbophyllum yuanyangense Z.H.Tsi 1995; Phyllorchis eublephara (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Indian Orchids Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; The Orchids Of Bhutan Cribb & Pearce 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2008 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;
CITIES category : Appendix II
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