binnendijkii 'Java'
Bulbophyllum binnendijkii J.J. Sm. 1906
SECTION Leopardinae Bentham 1883
Common Name Binnendijk's Bulbophyllum
[Dutch Botanist in Indonesia late 1800's]
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Java and Borneo in moss forests at elevations around 1000 to 1400 meters on rotting logs and in areas rich in humus with large laterally compressed, cylindric pseudobulbs that carry a single, apical, oblong, bluntly tapered, petiolate, large leaf that blooms in the spring on a 6 to 8" [15 to 20 cm] long,
several [8 to 12] flowered inflorescence that holds the fetid smelling flowers beneath the leaf.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum ericssonii Kraenzl. 1893;
Cirrhopetalum leopardinum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862
~Bulbophyllum birmense Schlechter 1910
- See Bulbophyllum cariniflorum Rchb. f. 1861
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