Bulbophyllum umbellatum
An epiphytic Bulbophyllum found from the west-central Himalaya east to Taiwan and Indochina. It carries its flowers in an umbel (a cluster fanning out from one point) at the top of the stalk, the arrangement typical of the Cirrhopetalum group. Most dated records come from mid-elevation evergreen forest at about 1,700–2,000 m, so it is an intermediate grower that expects a warm, wet summer and a cooler, drier winter.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte of subtropical and montane evergreen broadleaf forest, also recorded on bare granite rocks. Specimen notes include plants in forest disturbed by felling, which suggests it tolerates fairly bright positions.
The GBIF records with an elevation cluster at about 1,750–1,970 m in Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Myanmar and India, with outliers at 875 m in Vietnam and 305 m in Nepal.
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