Cirrhopetalum
FROM WIKIPEDIACirrhopetalum, abbreviated as Cirr in hortcultural trade, is a genus of epiphyte orchids (family Orchidaceae, subfamily Epidendroideae). This genus is very closely related to Bulbophyllum and its members have been until recently considered to be in the genus Bulbophyllum. The taxon name comes from Latin cirrus (fringe) and Greek petalon (petal), hence meaning fringed-petaled.
Plants in this genus are usually small plants with creeping rhizomes. Features that distinguish this genus from Bulbophyllum are:
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FROM FLORA OF CHINARhizome creeping or straggling; roots sprouting mainly below pseudobulbs, spreading; new shoots arising from basal node of pseudobulb. Pseudobulbs distinct, apex with 1 leaf. Leaves persistent, thick. Inflorescence solitary, arising near pseudobulbs, 1-flowered or a ± subumbellate raceme. Pedicel with basal node ± coinciding with attachment of subtending bract. Sepals 3-5-veined; dorsal sepal with margins ciliate, fimbriate, or with paleaceous appendages (with a single apical thread in Bulbophyllum amplifolium); lateral sepals twisted inward near base, with upper margins approaching or meeting and connate, margins glabrous to ciliolate. Petals: margins fimbriate or with paleaceous appendages, 1-3-veined; lip: margins with or without auricles above base, margins usually ± glabrous, adaxially ± glabrous. Column: stigma not protruding at its base, foot distinct; anther: front margin projecting or not, abaxially with or without a low, rounded crest; pollinia 4, inner ca. 1/2 as long as outer or longer, all without appendages
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