ເອື້ອງສີງໂຕ / Carey's Bulbophyllum

Use
Income
Medicine
Ornamental
Scientific Name / Family
Bulbophyllum careyanum (Hook.) Spreng. / Orchidaceae
Synonyms
Anisopetalon careyanum Hook.
Bulbophyllum careyanum var. ochracea Hook.f.
Bulbophyllum cupreum Hook.
Phyllorchis purpurea (Hook.) Kuntze
Phyllorkis purpurea (Hook.) Kuntze
Pleurothallis purpurea D.Don
Other Names
Botanical Description

Remote, spherical to oblong, lightly grooved pseudobulbs with a single apical, oblong to linear oblong, tapering at each end, sub-sessile below , sub-acute and notched apically leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a basal, stout, brown, to 9cm long, lateral to hanging, many flowered inflorescence with many lanceolate, brown bracts and carrying foul smelling flowers with lanceolate floral bracts that are longer than the ovary and all held in a dense cylindrical raceme.

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
 In evergreen lowland forests as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 200 to 2100 meters.

Description of Use

Part of plant used: Dry Leaves and dry pseudobulbs. Traditional purpose: Used to cause abortion or recovery after childbirth.

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