/ Register

Welcome to OrchidsForum.com. We are a friendly online community for Orchid Growers all over the world. If you haven't joined yet we invite you to register and join our community. Hope to see you on our forums!

Bulbophyllum ID

Discussion in 'Orchid Identification Section' started by harrywitmore, Oct 21, 2009.

Tags:
  1. Oct 21, 2009 #1
    harrywitmore

    harrywitmore Member

    Messages:
    672
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    Wingate, NC
    I bought this plant as Bulbophyllum cernuum. It developed a flower but it never fully opened before falling off but it looks nothing like cernuum. Any ideas? I know it's not much to go on but the plant has small leaves which are about 1" or less and the flower was at most 1/4".
    awww.cloudjungle.com_CloudJungle_Orchidaceae_Bulbophyllum_IMG_6829.JPG
     
  2. Oct 21, 2009 #2
    Jon

    Jon Mmmm... bulbophyllum...

    Messages:
    4,437
    Likes Received:
    105
    Location:
    Denver CO, USA
    Bulbo membranaceum.
     
  3. Oct 21, 2009 #3
    harrywitmore

    harrywitmore Member

    Messages:
    672
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    Wingate, NC
    Well, I may have just answered my own question. I also bought B comberi from the same person and that's what this plant looks like. I wonder if the tags got mixed up?
     
  4. Oct 21, 2009 #4
    harrywitmore

    harrywitmore Member

    Messages:
    672
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    Wingate, NC
  5. Oct 21, 2009 #5
    harrywitmore

    harrywitmore Member

    Messages:
    672
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    Wingate, NC
    I looked at the description of the pseudo bulb and it says B membranaceum has conical-ovate leaf which matches these well. So you could be correct. The one I have as comberi has not flowered but the pseudo-bulb is definitely different from this one.
     
  6. Oct 21, 2009 #6
    Chris

    Chris New Member

    Messages:
    1,479
    Likes Received:
    21
    Location:
    Austin, TX
    Did you buy this plant on ebay from veracruz37?
     
  7. Oct 21, 2009 #7
    Jon

    Jon Mmmm... bulbophyllum...

    Messages:
    4,437
    Likes Received:
    105
    Location:
    Denver CO, USA
    Psuedobulb shape can differ greatly within a species. Even on the same plant, pseudobulbs can be differently shaped. I would hesitate to use that as a defining feature of a species.
     
  8. Oct 21, 2009 #8
    harrywitmore

    harrywitmore Member

    Messages:
    672
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    Wingate, NC
    Yep and he has another listed. I just sent him a note.
     
  9. Oct 22, 2009 #9
    Chris

    Chris New Member

    Messages:
    1,479
    Likes Received:
    21
    Location:
    Austin, TX
    What was his reply? I noticed that it was still up there?
     
  10. Oct 22, 2009 #10
    harrywitmore

    harrywitmore Member

    Messages:
    672
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    Wingate, NC
    He said he got a 2000+ growth plant at an AOS meeting years ago tagged as cernuum. He also said if I was concerned with the id then I should not bid on it. Curious
     
  11. Oct 22, 2009 #11
    Jon

    Jon Mmmm... bulbophyllum...

    Messages:
    4,437
    Likes Received:
    105
    Location:
    Denver CO, USA
    He's knowingly selling a plant that is incorrectly tagged. Lame.
     
  12. Oct 22, 2009 #12
    Chris

    Chris New Member

    Messages:
    1,479
    Likes Received:
    21
    Location:
    Austin, TX
    Bull. Sheeit. Why the obviously wrong picture then!? Ask him that. If he got it years ago, he knows DAMN well that it's not the flower he has in the picture.

    Off to the vendor FYI