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Pseudobulbs 1-2-lvd in the axils of the sheaths, and with the infl. arising from the base of the pseudobulb: fls. small and numerous in a raceme, or larger and few or solitary; dorsal sepal erect or spreading, free, equaling or shorter than the lateral, which are obliquely broadened at the base and adnate to the foot of the column; petals shorter than or nearly equaling the sepals; lip articulated to the foot of the column, incumbent upon the column; pollinia 4.—A genus of about 125 species, mostly natives of Trop. Asia and Afr.— Bulbophyllum needs a moist atmosphere and should not become dry. Grown on pieces of wood or tree-fern stems.
Pseudobulbs 1-2-lvd in the axils of the sheaths, and with the infl. arising from the base of the pseudobulb: fls. small and numerous in a raceme, or larger and few or solitary; dorsal sepal erect or spreading, free, equaling or shorter than the lateral, which are obliquely broadened at the base and adnate to the foot of the column; petals shorter than or nearly equaling the sepals; lip articulated to the foot of the column, incumbent upon the column; pollinia 4.—A genus of about 125 species, mostly natives of Trop. Asia and Afr.— Bulbophyllum needs a moist atmosphere and should not become dry. Grown on pieces of wood or tree-fern stems.
B. aurmimum. Lindl. Burma. B.M. 7938.—B. barbigerum.Lindl. Lip long, narrow, with a tuft of long purple hairs at the apex. Trop. Afr. Gt. 46, p. 491. B.R, 1942. B.M. 5288. R.B. 30:253.—B. Binnendijkii, J._J. Smith. Java. B.M. 8187. G.C... III. 47:84.—B. birmtnte. Schlecht. Fls. orange-yellow, very small. Burma. 0.1910:107, desc.—B. Billneridnum, Schlecht. Fls. golden yellow: bracts leafy, greenish white, rose-dotted. Siam. 0.1910:108, desc.—B. calabaricum, Rolfe. Fls. small, light yellowish green, with a dull reddish purple lip. W. Trop. Afr.—B. campanulatum, Rolfe. Sumatra. B.M. 8281.—B. capilullflorum, Rolfe. Fls. very small; sepals and petals whitish green; lip deep purple. W. Trop. Àfr.—B.chrytocephalum. Sohlecht. Dwarf plant: fls. yellow. S. E. Asia.—B. comuium. C. and M. Burma. B.M. 7283.—B. crenutatum, Rolfe. Madagascar. B.M. 8000.—B. cylindraceum, Lindl. Himalayas. G.C.III. 49:3.—B. Dayanum. Reichb. Burma. F.S. 21:2238. G.C. 111.45:194.—B. dichramum, Rolfe. Annam. B.M. 8160.—B. Dixonii, Rolfe. Fls. small, greenish yellow with numerous dark brown spots: petals with bristle-like tails at the apex. Siam.—B. Ericasonii, Kranzl. Fls. umbellate, the sepals and petals green, spotted with purple-brown, the lip triangular, broadly cordate at base, acute, marked with red-brown. Malay Archipelago. B.M. 8088. G.C. III. 21:61:32:383. O.R. 15:233.—B. ezatatum, Lindl.. Sepals light green, dotted with brown; lip blackish purple, much fringed. Brazil, British Guiana.—B. fascinator, Rolfe. Annam. B.M. 8199.—B. futcopurpureum, Wight. Fls. dull reddish brown, about 1 in. across, S. India.—B. galbinum, Riddell. Malay Penin. B.M. 8216. G.C. III. 42:42.— Rolfe. Scape 1-2 ft. long, bearing a densely fld. spike; fls. scarcely long; sepals and petals straw-colored and purple. Trop. Afr. G.C. III. 36:266, desc.—B. glutinosum, Cogn. Vis. arranged in 2 rows in short spikes; sepals greenish, spotted inside with red; petals minute, white: lip red. Brazil. 0. 1910:108, desc.—B. inunctum,J. J. Smith. Fls. larger than in B. Lobbii; sepals densely dotted with purple; petals long and drooping. Borneo.—B. Kerrii, Rolfe. Lvs. oblong, deciduous: fls. dull yellow, pubescent. Siam.—B. Kindtianum. Wildem. Similar to B. barbigeram, but the hairs on the lip are not club-shaped. Congo Free State.— B. lemniscatca, Rolfe. Java(T). G.C. III. 45:68.—B.ItmnitcMum. Pax. Burma. F.S.23:2476. Gn.35,p.610.—B. llpidum, J. J. Smith -Curhopetalum.—B. ilacinum, Ridley. Fls. in dense racemes or epikea, lilac spotted with purple. Siam.—B. longitipalum, Rolfe. New Guinea. G.C. III. 42:211.—B. macrdnthum. Lindl. Burma and Malay Archipelago. B.M. 7208.—B. mandibula™, Reichb. f. Borneo. — B. Medusx, Reichb. f. Malay. — B. micropitalum Rodrig. A small plant with spikes of tiny transparent green fls. with prominent blackish purple stripes. Brazil.—B. minidlum, Rolfe. Resembles B. barbigerum but has a broader labellum with white feather-like processes Congo Free State.—fl. minim. J. J. Smith. Remarkable for its curious fls.; lateral sepals united; petals consisting of a email round disk with motor filaments. Malaya. — B. morpholofàrum, Hort. Fls. curious in having a small triangular plate between the dorsal and lateral sepals, Siam.—B. iliurixctiui, Rolfe. Sepals yellow dotted with blackbh purple; petals and lip blackish purple. Siam.—fl. nuditcapum, Rolfe. Allied to B. barbigerum. Congo.—B. orthogtottum, Kranz. Malaya. G.C. III. 43: 406.—B. Pahúdii. Reichb. f. Malaya. F.S. 22:2268.—B. papillatum, Finet. Raceme twice as long as Lvs.; rachis and bracts green; lip dark purple. French Congo.—B. Pechci, Bull. Burma. B.M. 7286.—B. olublfpharon, Schlecht. Fls. solitary, dark purple. New Guinea.—B. propfncuum, Hort. Fls. green with dense purple reticulation. Siam. — B. quadrlfArium, Rolfe. Fls. inconspicuous. Madagascar.—B. radialum. Lindl. Fls. yellowish white, with narrow lanceolate petals and sepals: Lf. linear. India.—B. trfmulum, Wight. E. Indies. G.C. III. 49:291. O.R. 9:361.—B. Indmtatum, Rolfe. Allied to B. mandibulare. British New Guinea.— Rolfe. Fla. arranged like the bracts in 3 rows, dull, lurid purple, with numerous darker spots on the sepals. Madagascar.— Thouara. Fls. umbellate; sepals and petals 4-5 in. long, palogreen, the veins and nervea brown; lip rather fleshy, about kin. long, cordate-ovate, pale green, purple at the base. Java. B.M. 8327. G.C. III. 40:260.—Reichb. f. Brazil. B.M. 7958. G.C. III. 36:382.
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