Bulbophyllum callichroma Schltr. 1913 SECTION Macrouris Schlecter 1913
Photo courtesy of Bill Bergstrom and Bergstrom Orchids
Plant and Flower Photos by Art Vogel
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Common Name The Green-Calli Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .28" [7 mm]
Found in Indonesia and New Guinea at elevations of 600 to 2200 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte requiring shade, frequent watering and excellent air circulation. Found in montane forests on trees with subglobose- conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, lanceolate-ligulate, acuminate leaf that basally narrows into a short thin petiole. This species blooms in the fall on a pendant, 14" [35 cm] long, long pedunculate, several [7 to 15] flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum calothyrsus Schltr. 1913; Bulbophyllum manifestans J.J.Sm. 1929
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85 drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 drawing fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 3 2001 photo; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001;
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