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B.
macrochilum (syn B. stella)
A species from Section
Intervallatae characterised by closely clustered pseudobulbs and
relatively long leaves. The flower stalk is very long and bears succesive
flowers which are usually quite big. As you can see, the lip is very
prominent.
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I
think this is B. rufinum from Thailand. The bulbs are thick and heavy and
have a greyish sheen. The small flowers are borne on a long inflorescence
about 20cm long and are enclosed by white bracts. |
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Hapalochilus
is sometimes placed in another genus - characterised by closely placed
disk-shaped pseudobulbs and rather small flowers. This is an unknown
species from Papua New Guinea. |
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Bulbophyllum
hirtulum is the type species of the Hirtula section which usually have
small sombre coloured bloom. |
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The
flowers of Bulbophyllum blespharitesare arranged in a circular wheel but
unlike Cirrohepetalums, they do not open at the same time. This is one of
the few Bulbos that are distinct enough to be identified by their
vegetative features, having 2 thick leaves borne on a spherical brown
pseudobulb. |
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This
is probably B. apodum from S. Thailand, Malaysia and many parts of Borneo
and Indonesia. It exhibits mass flowering of its faintly fragrant bloom a
few days after a storm. |
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B. jacobsonii (syn
plumatum) from Indonesia.
A relatively small plant with a long
inflorescence about 8cm long (longer than the vegetative parts). The plant
appears to self rather willingly and is a easy bloomer for me but the rate
of vegetative growth is rather slow. Collectors have told me that in the
wild, they do not become specimen size as the older bulb tend to die off. I have recently been shown a plant very similar
to this collected from the lowland of East Johore, which would indeed be
the first record of this species in Peninsula Malaysia.
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This rather large Thai
Bulbophyllum from Section Careyanum have flowers that appear like
bloody gaping mouths (complete with long tongues) each armed with a
pair of sharp incisors. |