# Bulbophyllum sect. Ione

Bulbophyllum sect. Ione is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.

## Description

Species in this section have one to many flowers with 4 to 8 bracts on the peduncle and 4 pollina equal in size.

## Distribution

Plants from this section are found from India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan in montane forests.

## Species

Bulbophyllum section Ione comprises the following species:
| Name | Distribution | Elevation (m) |
| Bulbophyllum angustipetalum (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | China (Yunnan) and Thailand | |
| Bulbophyllum arunachalense (A.N.Rao) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Bulbophyllum australe (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Thailand | 1,000–1,200 metres (3,300–3,900 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum bifurcatoflorens (Fukuy.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Himalayas, Assam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam | 700–1,700 metres (2,300–5,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum candidum Hook.f. 1890 | China (southern Xizang and northwestern to southern Yunnan), Bhutan and northeastern India | 1,900–2,900 metres (6,200–9,500 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum cirrhatum (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890 | Nepal to China (Yunnan) and N. Myanmar. | |
| Bulbophyllum cumberlegei (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Thailand | 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum interpositum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2015 | China(Xizang) and Sikkim | 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum jainii (Hynn. & Malhotra) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Arunachal Pradesh to Assam | |
| Bulbophyllum kachinense (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Myanmar | |
| Bulbophyllum kipgenii (Kishor, Chowlu & Vij) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | India (Assam) | |
| Bulbophyllum lomsakense J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | China(Yunnan) and Thailand | 1,400–1,700 metres (4,600–5,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum lopalanthum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Thailand, Myanmar and Laos | 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum medioximum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | China (Yunnan) and northern Thailand and Vietnam | 1,700–2,400 metres (5,600–7,900 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum minutius J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Thailand | 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum nigricans (Aver.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | China(Yunnan) and Vietnam | 1,200–1,800 metres (3,900–5,900 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum pallidulum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Vietnam | |
| Bulbophyllum pulcherissimum H. Jiang, D.M. He & J.D. Ya 2021 | China(Yunnan) | 1,750–2,050 metres (5,740–6,730 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum purpureofuscum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Himalayas, Assam, Nepal and Myanamar | 1,600–2,000 metres (5,200–6,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum raskotii J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Nepal, Bhutan | 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum rimannii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar,Thailand and China(Yunnan) | 1,500–1,750 metres (4,920–5,740 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum roseopictum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and China(Yunnan) | 900–2,700 metres (3,000–8,900 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum rutiliflorum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Thailand | |
| Bulbophyllum sasakii (Hayata) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Taiwan | |
| Bulbophyllum soidaoense (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | China(Yunnan) and Thailand | 1,900–2,000 metres (6,200–6,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum sunipia J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Nepal, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China( Yunnan) | 900–2,300 metres (3,000–7,500 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum tixieri Seidenf. 1992 | Thailand and Vietnam | 900–1,400 metres (3,000–4,600 ft) |
| Bulbophyllum tsii J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | China (Hainan) | |
| Bulbophyllum virens (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890 | Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Bulbophyllum xanthochloron J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 | Thailand | 1,250–1,400 metres (4,100–4,590 ft) |