Viateur said: "Most likely the reason you could not find it (Bulbophyllum vittatum) in "recent" literature is because it is a variety of Bulbophyllum cernuum and is listed as such in Comber's book. J. J. Smith also listed it as a variety of B. cernuum in Die Orchideen von Java, of course I would not consider that recent literature."
Viateur, in his Orchids of Java, Comber actually says "var. vittatum (T.& B.) J.J.Sm." is the variety of B. cernuum. I'll accept that it is possible that this is the same taxon as B. vittatum T. & B., but it is interesting that neither IPNI: http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/query_ipni.html nor the Kew Monocot Checklist: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/monocotChecklist/default.jsp agree to that. Both list B. vittatum T. & B. as a separate entity (Kew says the name is currently accepted), and neither lists B. vittatum as a syn. of B. cernuum. Cheers, Peter O'Byrne in Singapore _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
