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.
It was the famous English botanist William Jackson Hooker, who named the Bulbophyllum careyanum (Hook.) Spreng. 1826 orchid species, in honour to the English botanist and missonary William Carey (1761-1834) as Anisopetalum careyanum Hook. 1825. The German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766-1833) changed the name a year later to Bulbophyllum careyanum. Bulbophyllum careyanum, an Read More »
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Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindl. 1847 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and New Guinea. As we found that beautiful orchid it was labeled as Bulbophyllum polystictum Ridl. 1909, which is just accepted as a synonym. Some orchid sources say, that Bulbophyllum polystictum looks a bit different to the Bulbophyllum lobbii. Read More »
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Bulbophyllum auratum (Lindl.) Ridl. 1861 was primaryly described by Sir John Lindley as Cirrhopetalum auratum Lindl. 1840, which is still used as a synonym. The epiphytic growing Bulbophyllum auratum orchid species is native to India (Sikkim), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The spectacular flowers get a length of about 1,5 cm. Flowering period: June Read More »
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Bulbophyllum makoyanum (Rchb.f) Ridl. 1879 has been primarily named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach as Cirrhopetalum makoyanum Rchb.f 1879 in honour to its provider Jacob-Macoy Lambert (1790-1873) a Belgian horticulturist and plant collector. The Bulbophyllum makoyanum orchid species is native to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. In common parlance this orchid beauty is called Daisy Orchid. Read More »
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Bulbophyllum affine Lindl. 1833 is an epiphytic growing
miniature orchid species native to the Himalayas, India (Assam, Sikkim),
Nepal, Bhutan, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Laos, South China,
Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan (Ryukyu Islands).
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Macradenia multiflora (Kraenzl.) Cogn. 1904
Pink Banana (Musa velutina)
Oberonia myosurus (G. Forst.) Lindl. 1830
Cattleya Love Knot
Dendrobium cerinum Rchb. f. 1879
Renanthera Kalsom Red Dragon
Terrestrial Orchid Habenaria carnea
Yellow Samurai Orchid (Neofinetia falcata Kibana Fuuran)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet
Hoya bella Wax Flower
Phalaenopsis Tying Shin Sapphire
Epithechea Orange Blaze (Epidendrum Orange Blaze)
Bulbophyllum vaginatum Rchb. f. 1864
Moth Orchid Phalaenopsis Eleanor Yates
Dendrobium Thongchai Gold
Hoya finlaysonii Wax Flower
Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)
Dendrobium formosum Roxb. 1832
Pink Tiger Lotus (Nymphaea Ortgiesiano-rubra)
Rhyncattleanthe Free Spirit
Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914
Monkey Flower Tree (Phyllocarpus septentrionalis)