Bulbophyllum carnosisepalum J.J.Verm. 1986 SECTION Megaclinium

Inflorescence and Plant Photos by M. Simo and His West African Orchid Website

Common Name or Meaning The Fleshy Sepal Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .1" [.25 cm]

Found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire and Uganda in lowland and montane forests as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with .4 to .8 cm] between each, orbicularto ellipsoid, compressed, obtusely 2 to 4-angled pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, thick, coriaceous, mid rib slightly prominent abaxially leaf that blooms in the fall on a basal, to 4.4" [11 cm] long, 3 to 12 flowered inflorescence with an erect, rachis that is slightly swollen, compressed, 4 angled in cross-section, fractiflex and 2 concave sides giving rise to flowers.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Monographs Vol 2 - A Taxonomic Revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae Vermeullen 1987 photo/drawing fide

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