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[[File:Bulbophyllum_blepharistes.jpg|thumb|''Bulbophyllum blepharistes'' (not my photo)]]

'''Code:''' BULB.0x0004 (2010-06-07)

'''Common Name:''' The Fringed Bulbophyllum<br />
'''Scented:''' no<br />
'''Light Requirements:''' partial shade<br />
'''Temperature Requirements:''' hot to cool<br />
'''Blooms:''' late summer to autumn<br />
'''Flower Size:''' 1cm x 3cm<br />
'''Synonyms:''' ''Bulbophyllum malayanum'' J.J. Sm. 1912; ''Cirrhopetalum blepharistes'' Hook. f. 1896; ''Cirrhopetalum distans'' Rchb.f; ''Cirrhopetalum longiscapum'' Teijsm. & Binn. 1862; ''Cirrhopetalum spicatum'' Gagnep. 1950; ''Phyllorchis blepharistes'' (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; ''Phyllorchis longiscapa'' (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze 1891; ''Tripudianthes blepharistes'' (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2007

Found as a miniature sized, hot growing, bifoliate epiphyte in Assam, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sea-level to 800 meters with flattened at the bottom, ovate pseudobulbs 5cm+ apart on a woody rhizome with 2 apical, bilobed at the apex, elliptical leaves that has a basal, slender, 20cm to 30cm long inflorescence with an umbel of 5 to 10 successive opening flowers at the apex, held well above the leaves, occurring in the summer and autumn.