Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene

Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene
Bulbophyllum dayanum from Curtis Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Section:	Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene (Lindl.) J.J. Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014
Type species
Bulbophyllum kingii
Species
See text
Synonyms
Acrochaene Lindley 1853

Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.

Description

Species in this section are creeping rhizomatous epiphytes with a single flower with 3 vein petals and 4 pollinas

Distribution

Plants from this section are found from India to Vietnam and South to Thailand.

Species

Bulbophyllum section Acrochaene comprises the following species:

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Bulbophyllum dayanum Rchb. f. 1865	India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand	700–1,300 metres (2,300–4,300 ft)
	Bulbophyllum kingii Hook.f. 1890	Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Myanmar and Thailand	1,300–2,200 metres (4,300–7,200 ft)
	Bulbophyllum sigaldiae Guillaumin 1955	Vietnam and Thailand	900–1,500 metres (3,000–4,900 ft)