Unidentified bulbophyllums

[PNGPhil]

I have all these (presumably) bulbophyllums growing in a tree in my yard - can anyone help me with identifying some of them?? (Click thumbnails for larger pictures in my gallery)

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Thanks for any help!!
Phil

[Anisa]

Dont know, but they are very cute! I wouldnt mind them growing my my pots

[gnathaniel]

Woah! Very cool! Are these all blooming at the same time on the same tree?

Total guess on this, but #3 resembles Bulbophyllum trichaete or something else in section Oxysepala.

#1 looks a bit like sections Megaloglossum/Polymeres, though unlike anything I could find pictures or descriptions of. How big are the flowers and plant?

#2 almost reminds me of section Lepidorhiza, but hard to say. Actually never mind, the inflorescence looks wrong...

#4 I have no idea, but wow!

Thanks for posting these, Phil! Do you have any pictures of the whole plants and surroundings? Must be a fascinating place to live!

--Nat

[jrodpad]

Holy Cow! These are just growing in a tree in your backyard.... amazing. Good luck on your hunt to ID.

- J

[Mäx]

Hi!
Amazing Bulbos that you show here!
The Bulbos ar from PNG, right?

# Looks a bit like B. stabile, but its not the same species. Its also a bit similar to B. crepidiferum, but this species occours in Sumatra, so it can't be the right species.

#2 I've no idea. But I'm sure, that this Bulbo is not from the Lepidorhiza Section. But maybe something from the Polymeres Section?

#3 Here I'm sure that this is a B. sessile.

#4 This is from the Coelochilus Section (Hapalochilus). In this Section most of the Bulbos looks very similar to each other. because of this, its very difficult to find the right ID, but I would say that your Bulbo is a B. nitidum. It looks also a bit similar to B. speciosum, but its not the same species.

The best thing that you can do, to find the right ID, is to send a E-mail to J.J.Vermeulen. vermeulen@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
I'm sure, that he could help you.

Best Regards,
Max