Bulbophyllum burfordiense

Bulbophyllum burfordiense is found in Papua New Guinea as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with ovoid to conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical leaf and blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, 20 cm long, single flowered inflorescence requiring light shade, ample water and good air circulation.

Very similar to Hyalosema grandiflora yet this one differs in a ciliate labellum, triangular petals, free, acute to obtuse lateral sepals, and a smaller dorsal sepal, while the other has a glaborous labellum, ovate petals that are apically acute, tapering lateral sepals with the apex acuminate, and a larger dorsal sepal of at least 14 cm long x 4 cm wide.