Bulbophyllum laxiflorum(Blume) Lindl.

WFO wfo-0000528694 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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 laxiflorum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. a Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-11-26 / obs. 102168641
Bulbophyllum laxiflorum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. b Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102168621
Bulbophyllum laxiflorum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. c Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102168674
Bulbophyllum laxiflorum, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. d Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102168700

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Bulbophyllum laxiflorum is native: Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam BorneoCambodiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Bulbophyllum laxiflorum, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

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 7 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 laxiflorum var. celebicum Schltr.
  • Bulbophyllum luzonense Ames
  • Bulbophyllum pedicellatum Ridl.
  • Bulbophyllum syllectum Kraenzl.
  • Diphyes laxiflora Blume
  • Phyllorchis laxiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Phyllorkis laxiflora (Blume) 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. 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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