Bulbophyllum careyanum Hooker (1825: 149) Sprengel 1826

13. Bulbophyllum careyanum (Hook.) Sprengel (1826: 732); Seidenfaden (1992: 275); Averyanov (1994: 255); Averyanov, Averyanova (2003: 14); Vaddhanaphuti (2005: 22); Gale, Kumar, Phaxaysombath (2018: 193); Ormerod, Kurzweil, Watthana (2021: 30); Schuiteman, Kailash, Shrestha (2022: 31). (Fig. 10) ≡ Anisopetalon careyanum Hooker (1825 tab. 149) Type:— NEPAL, 1821, Wallich, N. 1990 (G00165052 photo!). ≡ Phyllorkis purpurea (Hooker 1825 tab. 149) Kuntze (1891: 676). Additional synonyms can be found: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:618531- 1#synonyms. Habitat and phenology: —Epiphyte in evergreen broad-leaved forests, commonly along streams. Flowers in October and November. Distribution:— VIETNAM, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Ha Giiang, and Kon Tum provinces. Andaman Islands, Nepal, N India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Note:— Bulbophyllum careyanum can be misidentified with B. striatulum, however, B. careyanum has shorter inflorescence up to 14 cm long, lip auricle falcate, acute, margin of the lip entire (vs. inflorescence up to 37 cm long, lip auricles falcate, somewhat half-circular, blunt, margin and adaxial surface ciliate). Studied specimens:— VIETNAM, Gia Lai Province, Mang Den District, 1985, Averyanov et al., LX-VN 2294 (LE LE 01055256!); Gia Lai Province, K’Bang District, Kon Chu Rang, Truong Ba Vuong, Nguyen Van Canh, BV 927 (VNM); Dak Lak Province, Chu Yang Sin, 2015, Averyanov, Maisak, AL 99 (LE LE 01055253!); Kon Tum Province, Dak Glei District, 2022, Truong Ba Vuong, Nghiem Xuan Son, BV 1635 (VNM); Kon Tum Province, Dak Glei District, 2023, Truong Ba Vuong, Hoang Manh Dat, BV 1879 (VNM); Ha Giang Province, Quan Ba District, Dong Ha Commune, Truong Ba Vuong, Bui Van Huong, Vang Di Thao, BV 434 (LE LE 01066661!). Photos of additional specimens can be found in: https://en.herbariumle.ru/?t=occ&s=bulbophyllum%20careyanum&f=%5Ball%5D.