Bulbophyllum penicillium

Bulbophyllum penicillium C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30(1): 151 (1874).

Bulbophyllum penicillium
Bulbophyllum penicillium
(Bulbophyllum penicillium E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Photo Nghiem Xuan Son)

Vietnamese name: 

Lan lọng môi lông đen

Chinese Name:

Common Name

The Brush-Lipped Bulbophyllum

Latin Name

Bulbophyllum penicillium E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.

Family

Orchidaceae

Synonym Name

Bulbophyllum inopinatum W.W.Sm.; Phyllorchis penicillium (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kuntze; Phyllorkis penicillium (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Description:

Small orchid, oval tubers, 1 leaf. Inflorescences 25-30 cm long, flowers 1 cm long, 10-15 inflorescences, flowers close to the branches.

Flowering: 

Bloom in the Summer-Fall

Distribution

Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnam: Bắc Giang.

Ecological:

At elevations around 2000 meters as a small sized, cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte

Reference:

- theplantlist.org
- efloras.org
- orchidspecies.com
- ipni.org

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