• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Cirrhopetalum nilgherrense Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bulbophyllum kaitiense Rchb.f.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Epiphytic. On hills above 1300m,as dense mats on trees.
• Key identification features : Epiphytic orchid growing along with the mosses and ferns on tree trunks with ovoid pseudobulbs; Leaves oblong; Flowers yellow; Corolla with reddish-brown streaks at base.
• Flower, Fruit : July-October
• Collection Nos : R R Rao 1039
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Literature : Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bulbophyllum kaitiense. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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