Bulbophyllum gamblei

Bulbophyllum gamblei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	Bulbophyllum gamblei

Common Name Gamble's Bulbophyllum [English Botanist in India late 1800's]

Flower Size 3/8" [1.5 cm]

A small, cool to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte that is found in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim and Assam India in broad-leafed riverine forests on rocks and trees at elevations of 1800 to 2800 meters with smooth, conical pseudobulbs about 1 to 1 1/2" apart on the rhizome and carrying a single, apical, lanceolate-ovate leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a basal, slender, 1 1/8" [3 cm] long, umbellate inflorescence that carries a few [3 to 6] flowers held amid the leaves.

This cool to cold growing species need to be mounted or done in baskets and given partial shade, ample water,and some air movement to grow well. The Cirrhopetalum like plant with a definite umbel of rose colored flowers that is sold as B gamblei is actually Bulbophyllum fischeri aka Cirrhopetalum gamblei. There has been much confusion with these 2 species over the years.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum gamblei Hook. f. 1911; Bulbophyllum leptanthum var. gamblei Hook.f. 1890; Phyllorchis gamblei (Hook. f.) Kuntze 1891;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1890 drawing ok; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Indian Orchids Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing good; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as Cirrhopetalum gambleiOrchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990

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Bulbophyllum eublepharum

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

Drawing

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;

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Bulbophyllum emarginatum

Bulbophyllum emarginatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	Bulbophyllum emarginatum

Rhizome creeping, ca. 3 mm in diam., rigid, branched, with internodes 2-5 cm, rooting mainly from base of pseudobulbs. Pseudobulbs 9-18 cm apart from each other, narrowly ovoid or subcylindric, 2-4 cm, 5-10 mm in diam., narrowed toward apex, with a terminal leaf. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblong or ligulate, 4-10 × 1.5-3.5 cm, thickly leathery, apex obtuse and retuse. Scape from base of pseudobulb, 2-4 cm; raceme shortened, umbel-like, 2-4-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, ca. 8 mm, apex acute. Pedicel and ovary ca. 1.5 cm. Flowers purplish red. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, ca. 10 × 8 mm, apex truncate and emarginate, ciliate; lateral sepals falcate-lanceolate, 2-4.2 cm, abaxially papillate, base adnate to column foot, twisted near base, their upper and lower edges connate to each other forming a conic-cylindric synsepal, apex caudate. Petals suborbicular, ca. 9 × 9 mm, ciliate; lip ovate, ca. 8 × 4 mm, base attached to end of column foot by a mobile joint, with 2 lamellae extending from base to near apex, apex obtuse-rounded. Column ca. 3 mm; foot ca. 5 mm, with free part ca. 2 mm; stelidia ca. 0.2 mm; anther cap irregularly denticulate margined, centrally carinate-ridged. Fl. Oct.

Tree trunks in forests; 800-2200 m. SE Xizang, SE to NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam].

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Bulbophyllum elatum

Bulbophyllum elatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	Bulbophyllum elatum

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Bulbophyllum cylindraceum

Bulbophyllum cylindraceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	Bulbophyllum cylindraceum

Rhizome creeping, stout, 5-6 mm in diam. Pseudobulbs spaced, 5-7 mm apart from each other, very small, 3-5 mm, 3-4 mm in diam., rigid, with a terminal leaf. Petiole 4-7 cm; leaf blade erect, elliptic-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, 15-25 × 2-4 cm, fleshy or leathery, apex obtuse and apiculate. Scape from base of pseudobulb, erect, 15-25 cm; raceme pendulous, to 6.5 cm, densely many flowered, with an involucre at base; involucre spathelike, large, ca. 25 × 7 mm; peduncle with 2 or 3 tubular sheaths 2-2.5 cm; floral bracts ovate, small, ca. 4 mm. Pedicel and ovary ca. 3 mm. Flowers pale purple, thickly textured, not widely opening. Dorsal sepal ovate-triangular, ca. 5 × 2.2 mm, abaxially ± scaly, apex acute; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, abaxially ± scaly, their lower edges connate to each other except apices, apex obtuse. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 2-4.4 × ca. 1.5 mm, thinly textured, entire, acute or obtuse; lip recurved, ligulate, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm, fleshy, grooved at base, adaxially with 3 keels, densely papillate, apex obtuse. Column ca. 0.6 mm, stout; foot very short, without conspicuous free part; stelidia narrowly fusiform, ca. 1 mm; anther cap truncate and slightly apiculate at apex. Fl. Nov. 2n = 38, 40, 42.

Tree trunks or rocks in forests; 1400-2400 m. W to SE Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal].

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Bulbophyllum cauliflorum

Bulbophyllum cauliflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	Bulbophyllum cauliflorum

Rhizome creeping or straggling, stout, 3-4 mm in diam., branched, covered with scalelike sheaths, roots spreading. Pseudobulbs 4-12 cm apart from each other, cylindric or narrowly ovoid, 2-5 cm, 7-10 mm in diam., with a terminal leaf. Petiole 5-15 mm; leaf blade oblong, 5-10 × 1.4-2.7 cm, leathery, apex obtuse and slightly emarginate. Scape from node of rhizome or base of pseudobulb, erect, nearly as long as pseudobulb; raceme shortened, umbel-like, often 3-5-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 mm in diam., with several tubular sheaths; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, apex acute. Pedicel and ovary ca. 4 mm. Flowers small, yellowish green. Sepals free, subequal, narrowly lanceolate, 7-10 × ca. 1.5 mm, apex acuminate-caudate. Petals lanceolate, 5-7 × ca. 1.2 mm, entire, acuminate; lip attached to end of column foot by a mobile joint, lanceolate, 3-4 mm, grooved at adaxial base, apex acuminate. Column ca. 0.6 mm, foot ca. 2 mm, with free part ca. 0.5 mm; stelidia fusiform, ca. 1 mm; anther cap subglobose, apex mucronate. Capsule ovoid, ca. 1 cm, ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Nov. 2n = 42.

Tree trunks or rocks in broad-leaved forests; 800-1800 m. SE Xizang [NE India].

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Bulbophyllum cariniflorum

Bulbophyllum cariniflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	Bulbophyllum cariniflorum

                                                                            Photo Credit : Pankaj Kumar

Rhizome stout, ca. 3 mm in diam., rooting from base of pseudobulbs. Pseudobulbs close, ovoid, 1-1.5 in diam., with 2 leaves at apex. Leaves deciduous at anthesis; petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade oblong, 12-15 × 2.7-4 cm, leathery, base contracted into petiole, apex acute. Scape from base of pseudobulb, ca. 8 cm; panicle nodding, 2-3 cm, densely many flowered; peduncle ca. 1.2 mm in diam., with 3 or 4 sheaths; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3-4 mm, apex acuminate. Pedicel and ovary 2-3 mm. Flowers yellow, not widely opening, thickly textured. Sepals similar, ovate-oblong, ca. 6 × 3 mm, apex obtuse; dorsal sepal concave; lateral sepals with lower edges connate to each other, base ca. 1/2 width adnate to column foot, apex hooded. Petals lanceolate, ca. 3.5 × 1.5 mm, entire, acute; lip recurved, ± conduplicate, ligulate, ca. 3 × 1.3 mm, fleshy, entire, obtuse. Column ca. 2 mm; foot ca. 2 mm, with free part ca. 1 mm; stelidia deltoid, ca. 1 mm; anther cap finely papillate margined. Fl. Jul. 2n = 38.

Rocks in mixed forests; 2100-2200 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Thailand].

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