Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum
Bulbophyllum echinolabium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Subtribe:	Dendrobiinae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum Thouars, 1822[1]
Type species
Bulbophyllum nutans
Species
See List of Bulbophyllum species
Diversity
2167 species
Synonyms[2]
List of synonyms Acrochaene Lindl. Adelopetalum Fitzg. Anisopetalon Hook. Blepharochilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Bolbophyllaria Rchb.f. Bolbophyllopsis Rchb.f. Bolbophyllum Spreng. Bulbophyllaria S.Moore Canacorchis Guillaumin Carparomorchis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Chaseella Summerh. Cirrhopetalum Lindl. × Cirrhophyllum Anon. Cochlia Blume Codonosiphon Schltr. Dactylorhynchus Schltr. Didactyle Lindl. Diphyes Blume Drymoda Lindl. Ephippium Blume Epicranthes Blume Epicrianthes Blume Ferruminaria Garay, Hamer & Siegerist Fruticicola (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Genyorchis Schltr. Hamularia Aver. & Averyanova Hapalochilus (Schltr.) Senghas Henosis Hook.f. Hippoglossum Breda Hordeanthos Szlach. Hyalosema Rolfe Ichthyostomum D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy Ione Lindl. Jejosephia A.N.Rao & Mani Katherinea A.D.Hawkes Kaurorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Lepanthanthe (Schltr.) Szlach. Lyraea Lindl. Macrolepis A.Rich. Malachadenia Lindl. Mastigion Garay, Hamer & Siegerist Megaclinium Lindl. Monomeria Lindl. Monosepalum Schltr. Odontostylis Blume Odontostylis Breda Oncophyllum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Osyricera Blume Oxysepala Wight Pachyrhachis A.Rich. Papulipetalum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Pedilochilus Schltr. Pelma Finet Peltopus (Schltr.) Szlach. & Marg. Phyllorkis Thouars Rhytionanthos Garay, Hamer & Siegerist Saccoglossum Schltr. Sarcobodium Beer Sarcopodium Lindl. & Paxton Serpenticaulis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Sestochilos Breda Spilorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Sunipia Lindl. Synarmosepalum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist Tapeinoglossum Schltr. Taurostalix Rchb.f. Trachyrhachis (Schltr.) Szlach. Trias Lindl. Tribrachia Lindl. Tripudianthes (Seidenf.) Szlach. & Kras Vesicisepalum (J.J.Sm.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist Xiphizusa Rchb.f. Zygoglossum Reinw.

Bulbophyllum is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus. These orchids are found in diverse habitats throughout most of the warmer parts of the world including Africa, southern Asia, Latin America, the West Indies, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[3] Orchids in this genus have thread-like or fibrous roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks or hang from branches. The stem is divided into a rhizome and a pseudobulb, a feature that distinguished this genus from Dendrobium. There is usually only a single leaf at the top of the pseudobulb and from one to many flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem that arises from the base of the pseudobulb. Several attempts have been made to separate Bulbophyllum into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.