Bulbophyllum cheiri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	B. cheiri
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum cheiri Lindl.

Bulbophyllum cheiri is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Found in Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines in mangrove woodlands and other lowland forests as an epiphyte and on sea-facing cliffs as a lithophyte at elevations of sealevel to 500 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] between each cylindrical, short pseudobulb carrying a single apical, erect, oblong, blunt, bilobed, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the early summer on a basal, erect, [.4" [1 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a few basal, imbricate sheaths and carrying fragrant flowers.^[1]

• The Bulbophyllum-Checklist
• The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia