Bulbophyllum saltatorium var albociliatum

[H20]

Hey everyone,

This is one of my favourite species, It's a very small plant with long flower spikes. It blooms 2-3 times a year for me and like most Bulbo's it likes it shady, warm and moist.

This plant also confuses me, I got it labelled as this but have doubts about it. The only problem is I can't seem to find a species of var. that fits.

Linda, your plant is stunning but looks pretty different, any ideas on this one?

Bulbophyllum saltatorium var albociliatum

[Lika]

The saltatorium specie is very variable in colour and size.

A guess of mine is that you have either a semi alba form of Bulbophyllum saltatorium var. calamarium or just a darker form of B. saltatorium var albociliatum

L

[H20]

Thanks Linda. I think I might just have to accept it as what it is labelled.

I should have posted a picture of the entire inflorescence, the flowers fairly spaced apart which made me rule out a bunch of species that are similar, thanks again for the help!

[31drew31]

I had seen this photo on my phone, and on my phone it looked quite bland. Now having a chance to look at it on a computer it is quite the nice little flower! It would probably make for a cool time lapse sequence.

How big is the inflorescence Justin and how many flowers total?

[H20]

I thought you might check the forums on your phone because you're always near the top of the list, I do the same thing

The flowers aren't very large, maybe 1cm-1.5cm Heres a picture for reference. There was 15 or 16 flowers on this spike and thats pretty normal.

[31drew31]

Yup iPhones are great for viewing the forums!

Thanks for the photo, they're larger than I thought they would be.

[christerb]

Do you have J.J. Vermeulens monograph?

I have a Bulbo. saltatorium which I am not completely sure what variant it is, and I have tried to compare it with the ones in the monograph. Apparently even Isobyl LaCroix has admitted that Vermeulen's keys are not easy to follow sometimes.

From what I understand it is the how far the hairs goes around the lip which is a key decider in Bulbo. salt. var. albociliatum, and Bulbo. salt. var calamarium. With that said when I was trying to ID my plant, I still had problems to see the mentioned differences in his drawings. I may have to take another read to see if it becomes clearer this time around.

Regards,

Christer

[lasio]

attractived lip