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 is my habit I always try and verify that the label is correct. In Seidenfaden's "Notes of Cirrhopetalum" he transfers Cirrhopetalum flavflorum Liu & Su to Bulbophyllum flaviflorum and gives as a synonym Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum. In Siegerist's "Bulbophyllums and their allies" she lists Bulbophyllum tingabarinum (described by Garay, Hamer and Siegerist in 1994) and gives as a synonym Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum but states that Bulbophyllum flaviflorum (Liu & Su) Seidenfaden is NOT a synonym. My queries are these : 1) If Rolfe's name was published in 1913 why does it not have preference? 2) If Liu & Su's description was valid and Rolf'e's not, I can understand Seidenfaden transferring it to Bulbophyllum from Cirrhopetalum but why, if Rolfe's description is a synonym for some technical reason for the Seidenfaden plant, is Bulbophyllum tingabarinum then also not a synonym of Bulbophyllum flaviflorum. It is true that the colours are different but my plant looks identical to Seidenfaden's line drawings. 3). Is Garay et al's description valid? Many thanks in advance. Oh! by the way the plant is a delghtful little plant and as Shakespeare said "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet". Keep well and kind regards Mike South Africa
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