Bulbophyllum ankaizinense (Jum. & H. Perrier) Schltr. 1924 SECTION Lyraea [Lindl.] Moore 1877 Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright ©, and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives

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Common Name The Ankaizine Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1/16" [3 mm]

Found in Madagascar on trees in mossy forests at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters in elevation as a small sized, warm to cool growing, bifoliate epiphyte with deeply ridged, narrow pseudobulbs carrying 2 evergreen leaves and blooms in the summer on a swollen, 7 1/8" to 12" [18 to 30 cm] long, dark red, densly many flowered inflorescence carrying in the upper half 7 to 10 slightly evasive sheaths.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum ophiuchus var. ankaizinensis Jum. & H. Perrier 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Siegerist 2001;