[OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum

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

Re: [OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum

Thanks Jose. I looked up Seidenfaden(pages 37 to 39)and according to him no definite type specimen is available. That being the case then how can Kew accept a description without a type specimen? Perhaps since Seidenfaden's work was published a type specimen has turned up. Once again many

Re: [OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum

Many thanks to all those who replied to my taxonomic query regarding Epidendrum cristatum vs Epidendrum raniferum. I now have another taxonomic query on which I would value guidance. I bought a plant labelled as Bulbophyllum tingabarinum (which has just finished flowering now in our autumn) and as