Bulbophyllum lobbii

Lobb's Bulbophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: B. lobbii
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum lobbii
Lindl. (1847)
Synonyms
  • Sarcopodium lobbii (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton (1851)
  • Sestochilos uniflorum Breda (1827)
  • Sarcobodium lobbii (Lindl.) Beer (1854)
  • Bulbophyllum siamense Rchb.f. (1867)
  • Bulbophyllum lobbii var. siamense W. Saunders (1872)
  • Phyllorkis lobbii (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891
  • Bulbophyllum claptonense Rolfe (1905)
  • Bulbophyllum lobbii var. breviflorum J.J.Sm. (1908)
  • Bulbophyllum polystictum Ridl. (1909)
  • Bulbophyllum sumatranum Garay (1996)

The Lobb's Bulbophyllum (Bulbophyllum lobbii) is a species of orchid, also known as Thailand Bulbophyllum or Sumatran Bulbophyllum. It was named for the plant hunter Thomas Lobb, who introduced it to England from Java in 1846.[1]

  1. ↑ James H. Veitch, Hortus Veitchii (1906), 114


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