The Rolfe entity does not have priority. As a matter of fact, if one accepts Kew as the arbiter for species nomenclature ( as the AOS does), Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum cannot be transfered to Bulbophyllum ( the Kew accepted generic concept ) since there is a 1904 publication for a Bulbophyllum miniatum ( a supposedly Tropical African species) [Bulbophyllum miniatum auct., Orchid Rev. 12: 118 (1904).]
Kew makes the whole nomenclature issue more fun by reducing Bulbophyllum tingabarinum and Bulbophyllum flaviflorum to synonyms to Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 37 (1973 publ. 1974). based on the replaced basionym Cirrhopetalum pecten-veneris Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 6 (1931). which is the name with priority once the Rolfe's 1914 name is reduced to non-usability.
Jose
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