Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Bulbophyllum emarginatum (Jan 2025). This species was named for its shallow, notched leaf apex. The 2-3 flowered inflorescence fits B. emarginatum much better than the similar B. yoksunense, which has 6-12 flowers. This plant matches the photo and description found in the website of Hoa Lan Vietnam in California and the description of B. emarginatum in the IOSPE.
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 8.5
Leaf Width: 2.5
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: linear-oblong to linear-ovate
Pseudobulb Length: 4.0
Pseudobulb Width: 1.0
Pseudobulb Distance: 4.0 to 11.0 cm
Pseudobulb Root Tip: green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 3.2
Inflorescence Arrangement: 2 flowered
Ovary Length: 0.7
Ovary Width: 0.2
Ovary Shape: terete
Ovary Color: Chartreuse
Ovary Texture: ribbed longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.5
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.2
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.0
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.9
Lateral Sepals Length: 4.0
Lateral Sepals Width: 1.2
Petals Width: 0.8
Judging Center: Great Plains Judging Center
Award Number: 20243631
Award Date: December 21, 2024
Awarded As: CBR
One intriguing resupinate flower and one bud on one inflorescence to 3.2 cm long; plant growing in a plastic Vanda basket 20.0 cm x 20.0 cm with sphagnum moss; pseudobulb 1.0 cm wide x 4.0 cm long, dark green, erect, conical-pyriform, rugose when dry, enveloped by broadly lanceolate-ovate, acute sheaths and carrying a single leaf, largest leaf 2.5 cm wide x 8.5 cm long, dark green, apical, erect, linear-oblong to linear-ovate, obtuse, retuse to emarginate, dorsal vein keeled, gradually narrowing below into the channeled, petilolate base leaf, rhizome 4.0 cm to 11.0 cm between each pseudobulb; inflorescence basal, erect, filiform, sparsely warty, 2 overlapping, tubular sheaths and papery, lanceolate floral bracts; dorsal sepal obovate, cupped, white blushed pale yellow centrally, 5 maroon stripes, apex bilobed, lateral margins translucent, finely fimbriate; petals orbicular, cupped, white with three to four maroon stripes, lateral margins translucent, finely fimbriate; lateral sepals triangular, fused entire length, rolled inward distal two-thirds, apex bipartite, cream striped maroon central one-third, overlaid maroon laterally to apex, reversed striped maroon, small mentum basally formed by lateral sepals, pale chartreuse; lip heart shaped, thick, hinged, white with orange spot basally, heavily overlaid maroon distally four-fifths, central groove, papilose; column 0.3 cm wide x 0.3 cm long, white, maroon stripe on superior surface, column foot cream stippled maroon, anther cap maroon; pedicel 0.1 cm wide x 0.7 cm long, terete, chartreuse; ovary 0.2 cm wide x 0.7 cm long, terete, chartreuse, ribbed longitudinally; substance heavy; sepals and petals texture waxy; species native to the Chinese Himalayas; ID by SITF_______________________. Plant from Hengduan Mt Biotech Ltd.