Bulbophyllum clavatum Thouars 1822 Drawing by © Thouars

Another flower Not!! Photo by © Fred Henze

Common Name The Club Shaped Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in the Mascarenes and Reunion as a small sized epiphyte with an ovoid pseudobulb carrying 2, apical, linear, apically bilobed, bsally clasping leaves that blooms on a thickened towards the apex, clavate, successively several to many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Bolbophyllaria clavata (Thouars) S.Moore 1877; Bulbophyllum conicum Thouars 1822; Phyllorchis clavata (Thouars) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 drawing fide; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as B conicum drawing fide

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