Bulbophyllum maxillare

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bulbophyllum maxillare']

English: Red horntail orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Dendrobieae • Genus: Bulbophyllum • Species: Bulbophyllum maxillare (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1861)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Cirrhopetalum maxillare Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 49 (1843)
Homotypic synonyms
- Phyllorkis maxillaris (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Ephippium ciliatum Blume, Bijdr.: 308 (1825)
- Cirrhopetalum blumei Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 59 (1830)
- Bulbophyllum cuspidilingue Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 264 (1861)
- Phyllorkis blumei Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 676 (1891)
- Bulbophyllum masdevalliaceum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 251 (1904)
- Bulbophyllum blumei (Kuntze) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 459 (1905).
- Bulbophyllum ephippium Ridl., Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 1: 78 (1907)
- Ephippium masdevalliaceum (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 449 (2002)

Images of the whole plant

Flowers

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Labellum
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Botanical illustrations

Bulbophyllum maxillare
(as syn.
Bulbophyllum blumei)
figure 351 in:
Johannes Jacobus Smith:
Die Orchideen von Java
Figuren-Atlas - 4. Heft
Leiden (1911)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland.