Tas. 8723. 
BULBOPHYLLUM tinacinum. 
Malay Peninsula and Siam. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EpIDENDREAE. 
Bu.sopuyitium, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 501. 
Bulbophyllum lilasinum, Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxxii. p. 276, et 
Mater. Fl. Malay Penins. vol. i. p. 71; Orch. Rev. 1908, p. 868; affinis 
B. Careyano, Spreng., sed floribus lilacinis purpureo-maculatis longe 
differt. ; 
Herba epiphytica; rhizoma repens, validulum, lignosum; pseudobulbi sub- 
approximati, ovoidei vel interdum oblongi, 2°5-5 cm. longi, basi vaginis 
membranaceis obtecti, monophylli. Folia subpetiolata, oblonga, sub- 
obtusa, crassiuscula, 12-20 cm. longa, 2°5-4 cm. lata. Scapt arcuati, 
15-20 cm. longi, basi vaginis spathaceis subimbricatis obtecti; racemi 
cylindracei, densiflori; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acutae vel acuminatae, 
3-5 mm. longae. Flores mediocres, lilacini, purpureo-maculati. Sepalum 
posticum elliptico-ovatum, apice aoutum et recurvum, 0°6 cm. longum; 
sepala lateralia connata, ovata, acuta, concava, 0°9 cm. longa. Petala 
ovata, acuminata, 2 mm. longa. JLabellum unguiculatum, elliptico- 
oblongum, obtusum, crassiusculum, 3°5 mm. longum, disco tenuiter 
bicarinato, auriculis falcato-ovatis *et subobtusis. Colwmna lata, 2 mm. 
longa, dentibus subulatis.—Bulbophyllum Careyanum roseum, Orch. Rev. 
1904, p. 328.—R. A. Roure. 
The distinct and attractive Bulbophyllum here figured 
is one that has long been in cultivation. At Kew when 
grown in a teak-basket under tropical conditions it is 
easy to manage and rarely fails to flower freely. It was 
long believed to be a variety of B. Careyanum, Spreng., 
and in many collections has been grown as B. Careyanum 
roseum. It was first recognised as a distinct species in 
1896 by Mr. H. N. Ridley, and was originally described 
by him from material collected by himself on Kedah 
Peak in the Malay Peninsula and by Mr. C. Curtis in 
southern Siam. When naming it B. lilacinum Mr. Ridley 
indicated its affinity to B. Pechei, Bull, a native of 
Moulmein, figured at t. 7286 of this work. These two 
species differ in the colour of their flowers; both are 
equally closely related to B. Careyanum. The date of 
Aveust, 1917, 
