| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Podochilaeae (also placed in Dendrobieae) |
| Subtribe | Bulbophyllinae |
| Scientific name | Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindley) Reichenbach f. |
| Synonyms | Bulbophyllum ciliatum Schlechter; Bulbophyllum cyrtopetalum Schlechter; Bulbophyllum djumaense (De Wildeman) De Wildeman; Bulbophyllum djumaense (De Wildeman) De Wildeman var. grandifolium De Wildeman; Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindley) Reichenbach f. var. oxypterum (Lindley) Pérez-Vera; Bulbophyllum moirianum A. D. Hawkes; Bulbophyllum nyassanum Schlechter; Bulbophyllum oxypterum (Lindley) Reichenbach f.; Bulbophyllum oxypterum (Lindley) Reichenbach f. var. mozambicense (Finet) De Wildeman; Bulbophyllum platyrhachis (Rolfe) Schlechter; Bulbophyllum purpuratum (Lindley) Lindley; Bulbophyllum purpuratum Schlechter; Bulbophyllum subcoriaceum De Wildeman; Megaclinium djumaensis De Wildeman; Megaclinium flaccidum Hooker; Megaclinium maximum Lindley; Megaclinium oxypterum Lindley; Megaclinium oxypterum Lindley var. mozambicense Finet; Megaclinium platyrhachis Rolfe; Megaclinium purpuratum Lindley; Megaclinium subcoriaceum De Wildeman; Phyllorchis maxima (Lindley) Kuntze; Phyllorchis oxyptera (Lindley) Kuntze |
| Distribution | Ethiopia, Kivu (Zaire) to Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola |
| Reference | Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1861 |
| Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | |
| Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. |
| November 2005 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2005 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2005 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |