Bulbophyllum roxburghii

Bulbophyllum roxburghii (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(2): 263 (1861).

Bulbophyllum roxburghii (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Photo by The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya by Naresh Swami 

its native range is E. Nepal to Bangladesh.

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum roxburghii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.,

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Aerides radiata Roxb.

Bulbophyllum sikkimense (King & Pantl.) J.J.Sm.

Cirrhopetalum roxburghii Lindl.

Cirrhopetalum sikkimense King & Pantl.

Phyllorkis roxburghii (Lindl.) Kuntze

English Name:

Roxburgh's Bulbophyllum (Director of Calcutta Botanic Garden early 1800's).

Description: 

With 1.5 to 3 cm between each subglobose pseudobulb enveloped basally by fibrous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, linear-oblong, obtuse, obliquely emarginate, sessile to shortly petiolate base leaf and blooms in the spring through summer on an erect, basal, to 20 cm long, slender, bracteate, 5 to 12 flowered inflorescence that exceeds the heigth of the leaves and has an apical umbel of flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal. 

Ecological:

In tropical valleys at elevations around 300 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphytic species.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring through summer.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate:

Intermediate Warm

Air Circulation:

Medium

Light:

Medium

Humidity:

High

Fertilizer:

Monthly

Typus:

Pantling, R. [148], India Bulbophyllum sikkimense K000829945 Unknown type material

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/620048-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:620048-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbroxburg.htm 

https://www.ecuagenera.com/Bulbophyllum-roxburghii/en