Bulbophyllum sect. Cirrhopetalum

Plants in this genus are usually small plants with creeping rhizomes. Features that distinguish this genus are:

• The dorsal sepal of Cirrhopetalum is much smaller than the usually inrolled lateral sepal which has adnate margins.
• There is generally an umbellate inflorescence which can be upright, pendulous or arching.
• The pseudobulbs are conical-shaped and obscurely angled with a single spoon-like leaf atop each pseudobulb.

Plants from this section are found in Africa and Asia.

Bulbophyllum section Cirrhopetalum comprises the following species:

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Bulbophyllum amplifolium (Rolfe) N.P.Balakr. & Sud.Chowdhury	China (Guizhou, Xizang and Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand	1,700–2,000 metres (5,600–6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum andersonii (Hook. f.) J.J. Sm.	Sikkim, India, Myanmar, northern Vietnam, and southern China	500–2,000 metres (1,600–6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum annamense (Garay) Sieder & Kiehn	Vietnam
	Bulbophyllum annandalei Ridl.	Thailand and Malaysia	1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
	Bulbophyllum blaoense Tich & Diep ex Aver. & Tich	Vietnam	800–900 metres (2,600–3,000 ft)
	Bulbophyllum bootanense Parish & Rchb. f.	Bhutan, India (Assam), and Myanmar
	Bulbophyllum chinense (Lindl.) Rchb.f.	China (Guangdong)
	Bulbophyllum chondriophorum (Gagnep.) Seidenf.	China (Sichuan)	1,200 metres (3,900 ft)
	Bulbophyllum claviforme Vuong, Q.T.Truong, V.H.Bui & Cootes	Vietnam	1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
	Bulbophyllum cummingii [Lindl.]Rchb.f	Philippines and Borneo (Sabah)	0–500 metres (0–1,640 ft)
	Bulbophyllum eberhardtii ( Gagnep. ) Seidenf.	Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and southern China	1,000–1,500 metres (3,300–4,900 ft)
	Bulbophyllum electrinum Seidenf.	China (Yunnan)	1,400–1,600 metres (4,600–5,200 ft)
	Bulbophyllum elegans Gardner ex Thwaites	India and Sri Lanka	400–1,900 metres (1,300–6,200 ft)
	Bulbophyllum emarginatum (Finet) J.J.Sm.	Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam	1,700–2,600 metres (5,600–8,500 ft)
	Bulbophyllum fenestratum J.J. Sm.	Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo	100–1,100 metres (330–3,610 ft)
	Bulbophyllum fimbriatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.	southwestern India	1,300–1,600 metres (4,300–5,200 ft)
	Bulbophyllum fimbriperianthium W.M.Lin	southern Taiwan	1,300–1,400 metres (4,300–4,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum fischeri Seidenf.	India	1,500–1,700 metres (4,900–5,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum forrestii Seidenf.	China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and India	2,000 metres (6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum gongshanense Z.H.Tsi	China (Yunnan)	2,000 metres (6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum graveolens J.J. Sm.	New Guinea	100–600 metres (330–1,970 ft)
	Bulbophyllum helenae J.J. Sm.	China (Yunnan), Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar and Thailand	800–2,700 metres (2,600–8,900 ft)
	Bulbophyllum hirundinis [Gagnep.] Seidenf.	Vietnam, Taiwan	500–3,000 metres (1,600–9,800 ft)
	Bulbophyllum karenkoensis T.P.Lin	Taiwan	200–900 metres (660–2,950 ft)
	Bulbophyllum layae Aver. & Vuong	Vietnam	500–1,500 metres (1,600–4,900 ft)
	Bulbophyllum loherianum [Kranzel] Ames	Philippines	1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
	Bulbophyllum longibrachiatum Z.H.Tsi	China and Vietnam	540–1,600 metres (1,770–5,250 ft)
	Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars	Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles and on into Malaysia, Queensland Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and the Society and Austral Islands	0–1,700 metres (0–5,577 ft)
	Bulbophyllum metallica Aver. & K.S.Nguyen	Vietnam	1,000–1,200 metres (3,300–3,900 ft)
	Bulbophyllum morotaiense J.J. Sm.	Moluccas
	Bulbophyllum nodosum [Rolfe] J.J.Sm.	India	1,300 metres (4,300 ft)
	Bulbophyllum omerandrum Hayata	China(north Fujian, north Guangdong, Guangxi, western Hubei, north Hunan, Zhejiang) and Taiwan	1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum othonis (Kuntze) J.J.Sm.	the Philippines
	Bulbophyllum papilligerum Aver.	Vietnam	1,000–1,100 metres (3,300–3,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum paraemarginatum Aver.	Vietnam	1,100 metres (3,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum pectenveneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf.	China (Hubei, Fujian and Anhui), South Vietnam, Laos and Thailand	800–1,200 metres (2,600–3,900 ft)
	Bulbophyllum picturatum [Lodd.] Rchb.f	Assam to Myanmar, Thailand to Vietnam	900–1,550 metres (2,950–5,090 ft)
	Bulbophyllum pingnanense J.F.Liu, S.R.Lan & Y.C.Liang	China (Fujian)	800–900 metres (2,600–3,000 ft)
	Bulbophyllum pseudopicturatum (Garay) Sieder & Kiehn	Myanmar and Thailand
	Bulbophyllum purpurascens Teijsm & Binn	Thailand, Myanmar and the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo	900–1,700 metres (3,000–5,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum rheedei Manilal & C.S.Kumar	India	800 metres (2,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum romyi B.Thoms	the Philippines	200–400 metres (660–1,310 ft)
	Bulbophyllum rothschildianum (O'Brien) J.J. Sm.	China (Yunnan), northeastern India, Assam and Myanmar	0–300 metres (0–984 ft)
	Bulbophyllum rubroguttatum Seidenf.	Thailand
	Bulbophyllum sanguineopunctatum Seidenf. & A.D.Kerr	Thailand and Laos	500 metres (1,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum sarcophylloides Garay, Hamer & Siegerist	northeastern India and Sikkim	300–500 metres (980–1,640 ft)
	Bulbophyllum sarcophyllum [King & Pntlg.]J.J. Sm.	Bhutan, Assam and Sikkim in the Himalayas well as Myanmar	1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum scabratum Rchb. f.	Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Thailand	1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum schwarzii Sieder & Kiehn	Vietnam
	Bulbophyllum serratotruncatum Seidenf.	Malaysia
	Bulbophyllum sibuyanense Ames	Philippines
	Bulbophyllum sikkimense (King & Pantl.) J.J. Sm.	Sikkim	300–500 metres (980–1,640 ft)
	Bulbophyllum skeatianum Ridl.	Malaysia	1,200–1,750 metres (3,940–5,740 ft)
	Bulbophyllum taeniophyllum Parish & Rchb. f.	China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Sumatra and Java	800–1,000 metres (2,600–3,300 ft)
	Bulbophyllum trigonopus Rchb. f.	Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and Borneo	0–100 metres (0–328 ft)
	Bulbophyllum tseanum (S.Y. Hu & Barretto) Z.H. Tsi	Hong Kong
	Bulbophyllum weberi Ames	Philippines	120–1,500 metres (390–4,920 ft)
	Bulbophyllum yingjiangense B.M.Wang & J.W.Zhai	China	1,400–1,700 metres (4,600–5,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum zamboangense Ames	Philippines	20 metres (66 ft)

• Braem GJ. 1986 Bulbophyllum oder Cirrhopetalum. Orchidee, 37. (5)
• Leslie A. Garay; Fritz Hamer; Emly S. Siegerist (1994). "The genus Cirrhopetalum and the genera of the Bulbophyllum alliance". Nordic Journal of Botany. 14 (6): 609–646. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb01080.x. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
• Rysy W. 2004 Cirrhopetalum - historical overview, critical remarks and new suggestions regarding the genus. Orchid Rev. 112. (1256): 77-81