Bulbophyllum is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus. These orchids are found in diverse habitats throughout most of the warmer parts of the world including Africa, southern Asia, Latin America, the West Indies, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Orchids in this genus have thread-like or fibrous roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks or hang from branches. The stem is divided into a rhizome and a pseudobulb, a feature that distinguished this genus from Dendrobium. There is usually only a single leaf at the top of the pseudobulb and from one to many flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem that arises from the base of the pseudobulb. Several attempts have been made to separate Bulbophyllum into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
Johannes Jacobus Smith was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies, collecting specimens of plants and describing and cataloguing the flora of these islands. The standard botanical author abbreviation J.J.Sm. is applied to plants described by J.J. Smith.
Tainia, commonly known as ribbon orchids or 带唇兰属 is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen, terrestrial orchids in the distributed from India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.
Lecanorchis is a genus of orchids belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae.
Bulbophyllum rubrolabellum is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae that is endemic to Taiwan. It was first described scientifically in 1975 by Tsan Piao Lin in the journal Taiwania: Science Reports of the National Taiwan University, and is the basionym for its treatment by Ying as B. odoratissimum var. rubrolabellum(T.P.Lin) S.S.Ying in 1990.
Gastrodia, commonly known as potato orchids, is a genus of terrestrial leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae, about ninety of which have been described. Orchids in this genus have fleshy, upright stems and small to medium-sized resupinate flowers with narrow sepals and petals. They are native to Asia, Australia, New Zealand, central Africa, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Aphyllorchis, commonly known as pauper orchids or as 無葉蘭屬/无叶兰属 , is a genus of about twenty species of terrestrial leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have fleshy, upright stems and small to medium-sized resupinate flowers with narrow sepals and petals. They are native to a region extending from India east to China and Japan, south to Indonesia, New Guinea and Queensland.
Tropidia, commonly known as crown orchids, is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen terrestrial orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They have thin, wiry stems with two or more tough, pleated leaves with a flowering spike at the top of the stem, bearing crowded flowers. Species in this genus are distributed across the warmer parts of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Bulbophyllum drymoglossum is a species of orchid. This species is native to Taiwan, southern China, Korea, and Japan.
Bulbophyllum umbellatum is a species of orchid. It is native to tropical parts of South Asia, from the west central Himalayas to Taiwan and Indo-China.
Bulbophyllum hamadryas is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum hirundinis is a flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae.
Bulbophyllum macphersonii, commonly known as eyelash orchids, is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that is endemic to Queensland. It has tiny, crowded, slightly flattened, dark green pseudobulbs, a single thick, fleshy leaf and a single dark red to purplish red flower with a narrow labellum. It grows on trees and rocks in sheltered places.
Bulbophyllum scabratum, butterfly egg Bulbophyllum, or Rough Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum in section Eublepharon.
Bulbophyllum setaceum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte endemic to Taiwan.
Hylophila is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 7 known species, native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia.
- Hylophila cheangiiHolttum - Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
- Hylophila gracilisSchltr. - New Guinea, Solomons, Bismarcks
- Hylophila lanceolata(Blume) Miq. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines
- Hylophila mollisLindl. - Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
- Hylophila nipponica(Fukuy.) T.P.Lin - Taiwan
- Hylophila orientalisSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hylophila rubraAmes - Philippines
The flora of Taiwan is rich and varied due to the island's diverse geography and climate zones. The main island is situated on the Tropic of Cancer between China and the Philippine Sea basin. There are mountains in the east, running north and south on two-thirds of the island, with many peaks over 10,000 feet in elevation, and lower, flatter, and more fertile land to the west. The tropical climate, plentiful rainfall, and wide altitudinal range make for abundant and varied vegetation. Taiwan is home to over 4300 species of vascular plants, of which it is estimated that 600 are ferns, 28 are gymnosperms, 2400 are dicots, and 1000 are monocots.
