Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Bulbophyllum salmoneum (Aug 2025). The original description and photos of this species can be found in Taiwania 57: 128 (2012) in Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267825382_New_Orchid_Taxa_and_Records_in_the_Flora_of_Vietnam. The description and photos of this species exactly match this distinctive plant, as do many photos in orchidroots.com.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 17 cm to tip of leaf
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 13 cm long
Leaf Width: 24 cm wide
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: oblong
Leaf Petiole Length: 1 cm
Pseudobulb Length: 3.2 cm long
Pseudobulb Width: 1.4 cm diameter
Pseudobulb Margin: ovate
Pseudobulb Distance: 10 cm
Pseudobulb Root Tip: green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 16 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: umbellate
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 13 cm
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.7 cm to base of sepals, apparently miniscule pedicel
Floral Bracts Length: 1.05 cm long
Floral Bracts Width: 0.15 cm wide
Ovary Length: 0.7 cm
Ovary Width: 0.1 cm
Ovary Shape: conical
Ovary Color: green
Ovary Texture: ridged longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.6 cm long
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.8 cm wide
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.6 cm long
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4 cm wide
Lateral Sepals Length: 2.6 cm long
Lateral Sepals Width: 1.0 cm
Petals Width: 0.1 cm wide
Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20255082
Award Date: August 02, 2025
Awarded As: CHM
Twenty-one delicate flowers on three umbellate lateral inflorescences to 8.5 cm and approximately 12 immature inflorescences at various states of maturity on a well-grown rambling plant 55-cm long by 47-cm wide complete encasing a sphagnum moss totem; rhizomes to 9.5 cm; pseudobulbs tubular 1.2 cm by 3.5 cm; leaf lanceolate 2.7 cm wide x 11.5 cm long; dorsal sepal white veined apple green; petals white; lateral sepals lanceolate, convex, fused apically, salmon; lip light maroon; ovary green; column yellow; anther cap ox blood; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for unusual presentation of flowers mimicking paper lanterns; native to Thailand and Vietnam.origin: Walter Crawford, WI Blooms on many, short lived inflorescences, at different stages of maturity.
