
Bulbophyllum hians 'Tep Tep' -- Challenge CBR 2026-01-16
Posted on January 16, 2026

Judging Center: Dallas Judging Center
Award Number: 20152795
Award Date: April 04, 2015
Awarded As: CBR
Award picture and description does not match pictures and descriptions available for type.Award description: One well-presented, open flower on one 8.5-cm tall, erect inflorescence, borne on a 4-cm x 4.5-cm mounted plant consisting of twelve growths with pear-shaped pseudobulbs and a single apical leaf, roots filamentous; dorsal sepal finely ciliate, light green, finely spotted purple, spots coalescing to stripes, appearing light brown; lateral sepals light green, finely spotted purple, spots coalescing to stripes, appearing light brown; petals minute, light green, striped medially bright green, finely and sparsely spotted purple; lip white, finely spotted purple; staminode and anther cap light green; substance firm; texture matte. Recognized for rarity in cultivation. Country of origin Papua New Guinea; species has been confirmed to be Bulbophyllum hians by SITF (July 2015).Type description (from Orchids of New Guinea website): Epiphyte, 13-25 cm high. Rhizome short. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs 1-1.5 cm apart, narrowly conical, 1-1.5 by 0.4-0.6 cm above the base; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, elliptic-ligulate, apiculate, 10-25 by 1.6-2.7 cm near the middle; base narrowed into a petiole 5-8 cm long. Inflorescence 1-flowered, short, to 3.5 cm long, with a few peduncle-scales. Floral bracts very small, many times shorter than the very long pedicel. Flower erect. Sepals oblong, inside papillose-pilose. Median sepal sublanceolate, 1.8 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, apiculate, 2.2 cm long. Petals obliquely ovate-ligulate, subobtuse, 0.43 cm long; apical half muriculate-papillose. Lip somewhat incurved, fleshy, ovate, obtuse, glabrous, hardly as long as the petals; towards the base 2-ribbed. Column medium-sized, glabrous; stelidia subulate, subobtuse, almost reaching the apex of the lip. Anther oblongoid-cucullate, glabrous. Pedicel and ovary very long, glabrous, 6-9 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)Colors: Flower greenish, inside densely spotted brown. Column green.NOTE: The pictures associated with the award were downloaded below and well as three pictures from the Orchids of New Guinea website (more brown on the sepals).The last photo added is what I believe this species to be, which is Bulbophyllum saugietiense
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