ORCHIDACEAE: Bulbophyllum sterile (Lam.) Suresh

[Pankaj Kumar]

Bulbophyllum sterile (Lam.) Suresh in D.H.Nicolson, C.R.Suresh &
K.S.Manilal, Interpret. Van Rheede's Hort. Malab.: 298 (1988).

Synonym:
Epidendrum sterile Lam., Encycl. 1: 189 (1783).
Bulbophyllum caudatum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 56 (1830).
Bulbophyllum nilgherrense Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1680 (1851).
Phyllorkis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891).
Phyllorkis nilgherensis (Wight) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891).

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Distribution: South India, Nepal to Myanmar

Current pic was taken at TBGRI, Trivandrum from their live collections
from Kerala.

Regards
Pankaj

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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

For you Prejith. I assume I identified it correctly.
Please check the orientation of inflorescence, length of sepals,
loosely arranges flowers etc.
Pankaj

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[PreSam]

Thanks for the explanantion Pankaj.

On Oct 11, 9:26 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For you Prejith. I assume I identified it correctly.
> Please check the orientation of inflorescence, length of sepals,
> loosely arranges flowers etc.
> Pankaj
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> On Oct 11, 12:23 pm, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Bulbophyllumsterile(Lam.) Suresh in D.H.Nicolson, C.R.Suresh &

> > K.S.Manilal, Interpret. Van Rheede's Hort. Malab.: 298 (1988).
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> > Synonym:
> > EpidendrumsterileLam., Encycl. 1: 189 (1783).

> >Bulbophyllumcaudatum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 56 (1830).
> >Bulbophyllumnilgherrense Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1680 (1851).

[Mayur Nandikar]

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful pictures of B.sterile

:)

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Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.

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