Bulbophyllum clandestinumLindl.

manystem bulbophyllum

WFO wfo-0000474663 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. a Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-04-06 / obs. 40029102
Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. b Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72585822
Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. c Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102164103
Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. d Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102164032
Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. e Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 40029124
Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. f Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102164071
Bulbophyllum clandestinum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. g Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102164052

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Bulbophyllum clandestinum is native: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Caroline Is., Fiji, Marianas BangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamFiji Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.Caroline Is.Marianas
Native distribution of Bulbophyllum clandestinum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Marianas MRN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bulbophyllum bolovenense Guillaumin
  • Bulbophyllum myrianthum Schltr.
  • Bulbophyllum ovalifolium (Wight) C.S.P.Parish
  • Bulbophyllum profusum Ames
  • Bulbophyllum sessile (Kuntze) J.J.Sm.
  • Bulbophyllum sparsifolium Schltr.
  • Bulbophyllum teysmannii J.J.Sm.
  • Bulbophyllum trisetosum Griff.
  • Bulbophyllum volkensii Schltr.
  • Epidendrum sessile J.Koenig
  • Oxysepala ovalifolia Wight
  • Phyllorkis sessilis Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol BUPR6. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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