Bulbophyllum cootesii Ma. A. Clements 1999 SECTION Lepidorhiza Schelchter 1911 Photo courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Archives, Photo by Anton Sieder Copyright ©

Common Name Cootes' Bulbophyllum [Australian Orchid Enthusiast present]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Endemic to the Philippines as a hot growing epiphyte at elevations of 400 to 500 meters with ovate, sulcate pseudobulbs with a single, leathery, linear, petiolate leaf that blooms on a basal, horizontal, 3 3/8" [9 cm] long, several [to 5] simultaneously opening flowered inflorescence with 3 short sheaths.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 photo

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