Bulbophyllum affine

Bulbophyllum affine Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 48 (1830). (syn: Bulbophyllum kusukusense Hayata; Phyllorchis affinis (Lindl.) Kuntze; Phyllorkis affinis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Sarcopodium affine (Wall. ex Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton);
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W. Central Himalaya to Nansei-shoto: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;

Common name: Single Flowered Bulbophyllum, Similar Bulbophyllum

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Epiphyte. Psuedo-bulbs cylindric with thickened base, 3 to 5cm long, attached to the rhizome 2 to 3 cm apart. Rhizome long and densely rooting. Leave single, narrowly oblong, obtuse, the base narrowed, 7 to 12 cm long and 2 to 4 cm in breadth. Scape short and bracteate, producing a single flower from either the sides of the base of the pseudo-bulbs or from the rhizome between the pseudo-bulbs. Flowers pale yellow to green base with purple nerves, lip with purple margins. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate, sub-acute, five nerved, lateral pair falcate. Petals lanceolate, shorter than the sepals, three nerved. Lip shorter than the petals, lanceolate, thickened and concave at the base.

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