Coconut bulbophyllum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
Species: | B. cocoinum |
Binomial name | |
Bulbophyllum cocoinum Bateman ex Lindl. (1837) | |
Synonyms | |
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Bulbophyllum cocoinum (coconut bulbophyllum) is a species of orchid.
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.
Bulbophyllum auratum is a species of orchid.
Bulbophyllum biflorum is a species of orchid. This species was found in Java, Sumatra, Bali, Borneo, the Philippines, and the Thai and Malaysian peninsula. The flower size is 7.5 cm long.
Bulbophyllum chinense is a species of orchid in section Cirrhopetalum.
Bulbophyllum falcatum is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae endemic to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone up to the Congo and western Uganda. It is a member of the section Megaclinium. It has rachis shaped like a wing that are about 10 cm long and 8–10 mm thick. On each side of the rachis are a row of flowers with 10-15 flowers per row. The sepals of the flowers are a dark red and the petals are extremely small and resemble a thread. Of the floral parts the dorsal sepal is the biggest being 8–9 mm long and visually the most prominent part of the flower. Towards the end of the dorsal sepal there is a yellow thicker area.
Bulbophyllum lobbii is a species of orchid, also known as Thailand bulbophyllum or Sumatran bulbophyllum. It was named for the plant hunter Thomas Lobb, who introduced it to England from Java in 1846.
Bulbophyllum apodum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It bears a 12–14 cm inflorescence with around 40 small fragrant white flowers on it. It is native to Sikkim, Borneo, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
Bulbophyllum bicolor is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It is found only in Hong Kong and isolated parts of southeast China and northern Vietnam.
Bulbophyllum lepidum, is a species of orchid, in the subfamily Epidendroideae and the genus Bulbophyllum, with the common name: Venus' fan bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum lasiochilum, commonly referred to as "The Shaggy Lipped Bulbophyllum", is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It is found in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia in wet or seasonally dry forests, and blooms in the fall.
Bulbophyllum longiflorum, commonly known as the pale umbrella orchid, is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid. It has a creeping rhizome, widely spaced, dark green pseudobulbs with a single large, fleshy leaf, and flowers spreading in a semicircular umbel, resembling one-half of an umbrella. The flowers are canoe-shaped, greenish cream-coloured to yellowish with purple dots. It has a wide distribution and is found in parts of Africa, on islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Bulbophyllum malachadenia is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum ovalifolium is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum rigidum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. The species of orchids are found in eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim in evergreen temperate forests.
Bulbophyllum singulare is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum sterile is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum tricornoides is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Bulbophyllum ecornutoides is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
Dendrobieae is a tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae, in the family Orchidaceae. The Dendrobieae are mostly tropical, epiphytic orchids which contain pseudobulbs.
Jaap J. Vermeulen is a Dutch botanist, specializing in the Orchidaceae genus Bulbophyllum.