Bulbophyllum Orchids

The genus Bulbophyllum is the largest in the Orchidaceae family and also one of the largest genera in the whole plant kingdom. There are more then 1800 Bulbophyllum species recorded, first described by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars. 1822 he described 17 Bulbophyllum species. The abbreviation in horticultural trade is: Bulb.

Bulbophyllum orectopetalum

Bulbophyllum orectopetalum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1992 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Myanmar (fomerly Burma) Thailand, and Cambodia. Flowers, born on short, single-flowered inflorescences, get a size of about 3,5 cm in diameter and are quite variable in colors and markings. Flowering period: Spring. Bulbophyllum orectopetalum orchids are protected by CITES …

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Bulbophyllum elassonotum

Bulbophyllum elassonotum Summerh.1935 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Cambodia and Vietnam. Inflorescences get lengths of about 15-20 cm and are densely packed with tiny, little flowers. Single flowers get a length of just about 1 cm, a width of 0,5 cm and are slightly fragrant, with an unpleasant, but barely noticeable …

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Bulbophyllum ovatum

Bulbophyllum ovatum Seidenf.1979 is an epiphytic growing, miniature orchid, native to Thailand. Flowers are born on erect inflorescences, which get lengths up to 3 cm. The tiny, little flowers get a size up to just 0,5 cm across and are best viewed through a magnifying glass or a macro lens. Flowering period: Spring. Bulbophyllum ovatum Read More »

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Bulbophyllum purpurascens

Bulbophyllum purpurascens Teijsm. & Binn 1862 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand and the tropical islands Borneo, Java and Sumatra. The erect inflorescences get lengths up to about 20 cm and carry up to 20 single flowers. Flowers of Bulbophyllum purpurascens reach a size of just about 1,5 Read More »

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Bulbophyllum vaginatum

Bulbophyllum vaginatum Rchb. f. 1864 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia (Java, Borneo). Inflorescences get lengths up to about 12 cm and carry umbels of up to 18 single flowers. The pale yellow flowers get a length of about 5 cm. Flowering period: late Winter - Spring and Read More »

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Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)

Bulbophyllum sikkimense (King & Pantl.) J.J. Sm. 1912 (basionym: Cirrhopetalum sikkimense King & Pantl. 1898) is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to the Indian Himalaya state Sikkim. Single flowers of Bulbophyllum sikkimense get a length of about 2 cm and are grouped in spectacular umbels of up to about 10-15 flowers. The red Read More »

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Bulbophyllum falcatum

Bulbophyllum falcatum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1861 is an epiphytic, occasionally lithophytic growing orchid species, native to tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda. The flat rachis (inflorescence), reminescent of a pea pod, which can be green or maroon red, reaches a length up to about 16 cm. The small, but colorful flowers are Read More »

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Bulbophyllum lepidum

Bulbophyllum lepidum (Blume) J.J. Sm. 1905 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to India, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Whilst we tried to identify this Bulbophyllum species orchid, we stumbled again upon a taxonomical mess. As some sources accept the name Bulbophyllum lepidum, other sources claim its just Read More »

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Orchid Hybrid Bulbophyllum Krairit Vejvarut

Bulbophyllum Krairit Vejvarut is an epiphytic growing, primary orchid hybrid, a crossing between the species orchids Bulbophyllum longissimum (seed parent) and Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis (pollen parent). The tropical orchid hybrid has been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in the year 2008 by the Thai orchid breeder Krairit Vejvarut. Flowers get a length of about 10 Read More »

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Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum capillipes

Bulbophyllum capillipes Parish & Rchb. f. 1874 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid, native to North India (Assam), Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand. The single flowered inflorescence of the miniature orchid get a length up to 9 cm. Flowers get a size of about 1,3 - 1,5 cm. Flowering period: Spring - Summer. The small, Read More »

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Orchid Hybrid Bulbophyllum Wilbur Chang

Bulbophyllum Wilbur Chang is a primary orchid hybrid, a crossing between the species orchids Bulbophyllum echinolabium (seed parent) and Bulbophyllum carunculatum (pollen parent). The Orchid Hybrid has been developed by Wilbur A.Chang, a passionated and experienced orchid grower from Hawaii, who cultivates orchids for more than 50 years. Bulbophyllum Wilbur Chang has been registered with Read More »

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Thai Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum sukhakulii

Bulbophyllum sukhakulii Seidenf. 1995 is an epiphytic growing Thai miniature orchid species, found in West Thailand. Danish botanist and diplomat Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908-2001) named the miniature orchid in honour to the Thai orchid breeder and collector Prasong Sukhakul. Single Bulbophyllum sukhakulii flowers get a size of about 1 cm and are born on arching or Read More »

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Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum rufilabrum

Bulbophyllum rufilabrum Parish ex Hook. f. 1890 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to India, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand. Flowers are born on arching, mostly hanging inflorescences, which carry up to about 20 flowers. Single flowers get a size of about 0,3 cm width and 0,6 cm length. Flowering period: October - Read More »

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Thai Orchid Hybrid Bulbophyllum Nudda

Bulbophyllum Nudda is an epiphytic growing, primary Thai orchid hybrid, a crossing between the species orchids Bulbophyllum longissimum (seed parent) and Bulbophyllum putidum (pollen parent). Bulbophyllum Nudda has been developed by the Thai orchid breeder R.Viraphandhu and has been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by S.Worawongwasu in the year 2004. Flowers of this Thai Read More »

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Bulbophyllum thiurum

Bulbophyllum thiurum J.J. Verm. & P.O’Byrne 2005 is a rare in the wild, epiphytic growing orchid species, native to the Malay Peninsula. The tropical orchid species belongs to the Bulbophyllum Section Cirrhopetalum and blooms from winter until spring. Flowers get a length of about 10 to 20 cm. Bulbophyllum thiurum is certainly not an easy Read More »

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