Bulbophyllum apiferum Carr, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 5: 133 (1930).
Bulbophyllum apiferum Carr; Photos Nghiem Xuan Son
Vietnamese name: Lọng tổ ong
Chinise name:
Common Name: The Bee Carrying Bulbophyllum
Latin Name: Bulbophyllum apiferum Carr
Family: Orchidaceae
Synonym Name: Bulbophyllum holttumii A.D.Hawkes
Description: As a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with close set, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, stiff, apically rounded and very shortly pointed leaf that basally narrows into a petiole and blooms in the winter and spring on a slender, erect, then drooping at an obtuse angle, 15 cm long inflorescence with 14 flowers in a tight apical cluster.
Distribution: Found in Laos, Thailand Malaysia and VietNam.
Ecological: Primary humid, evergreen, broad-leaved, mixed and coniferous forests on limestone and shale at elevations of 800 to 1500 m.
Reference:
- theplantlist.org
- efloras.org
- orchidspecies.com
- ipni.org
- Ong, P.T., O'Byrne, P., Saw, L.G. & Chung, R.C.K. (2017). Checklist of orchids of Peninsular Malaysia Research pamphlet, Forest Research Institute, Federation of Malaya 136: 1-169.
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2015). New orchids in the flora of Vietnam Wulfenia 22: 137-188.
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