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Orchid Species: Bulbophyllum pectinatum

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Bulbophyllum pectinatum is an orchid species identified by Finet in 1897.
Genus
Bulbophyllum (Bulb.)
Grex
pectinatum
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Finet
Year
1897
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ORIGIN: This mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte occurs on wooded slopes at elevations of 1000 to 2500 meters in Southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India and Taiwan.

DESCRIPTION: This mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte occurs on wooded slopes at elevations of 1000 to 2500 meters in Southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India and Taiwan with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, petiolate below leaf that blooms in the later spring and summer on a stout, 2 3/8 [6 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that arises at the base of a newly developed pseudobulb and holds the flower at leaf height. This species grows in hot to cool temperatures, partial shade and ample moisture and can be in a pot, basket or mounted on a slab of tree fern.

FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb spectabile 1898 Rolfe
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb transarisanense 1916 Hayata
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Bulb. pectinatum 'Winston Muditajaya' (2010) Bulb. pectinatum 'Chuck' (1989) Bulb. transarisanense 'Nisqually' (1978)
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