Bulbophyllum arfakianum Kraenzl. 1905 SECTION Hyalosema Schlechter 1911 Photo courtesy of Fred Rindlisbacher Angel Street Orchids

Another Clone Photo courtesy of Wolfgang H. Bandisch. Copyright © 1998, 1999 All rights reserved. And his Papua & New Guinea Orchid Species site

LATE and EARLY AND LATE to EARLY

Common Name Arfak Mountain Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 3/4" [2.2 cm]

Found in the Arfak Mountains of Papua & New Guinea as a unifoliate epiphyte at elevations of 50 to 400 meters in rainforests, farmland margins and river valleys on tree branches that has an ascending growth habit, pseudobulbs that are 1" [2.5 cm] apart on the rhizome and blooms in the late winter and spring as well as late summer and fall on a to 5 1/2" [to 14 cm] long, stout inflorescence with triangular bracts and with a solitary flower held well above the leaves.

Synonyms Hyalosema arfakianum (Kraenzl.) Rysy 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1982; Lowland Orchids of Papua and New Guinea O'Byrne 1994; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999