Bulbophyllum scabratum Rchb. f. 1861 SECTION Cirrhopetalum [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861
Photos by © Nimal Kumar
Photos by Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
Photo by Bill Bergstrom
Common Name The Rough Bulbophyllum [refers to the surface of the sepals and petals]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Thailand as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte at elevations around 1000 to 2000 meters with crowded small, conical pseudobulbs [sulcate with age] carrying a single apical 6" [15 cm] long leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, 2 3/4" [7 cm] long inflorescence with an umbell of 3 to 6 flowers.
Kew puts Bulbophyllum psychoon Rchb. f. 1878 as a synomym of B scabratum but Averyanov considers them different and I tend to agree. I also feel along with Averyanov that they belong to different sections as I have them indicated.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum confertum Hkr.f. 1890; Cirrhopetalum caespitosum Wall. ex Lindl. 1838; Phyllorchis conferta (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1890 as B confertum drawing not; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 as Cirrhopetalum caespitosum drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as B confertum; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Cirrhopetalum caespitosum drawing fide; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; Indian Orchids Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 as Cirrhopetalum caespitosum; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 photo fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 photo fide; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001 drawing/photo ok; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Gerritsen and Parsons 2013 photo fide
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