Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A. Cunn.) Rupp 1937 SECTION Monanthes [Bl] Avery. 1994 Photo courtesy of Richard Korber

Common Name The Thick-Leafed Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1/8" to 3/16" [4 to 5 mm]

Found as a rare epiphyte high in trees in Australia from SE New South Wales to SE Queensland at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters with small cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, acute leaf and blooms on an erect, short inflorescence with single flowers occuring in the spring. It is best mounted on treefern and cork and grown in semi-shade with humid and cool year round conditions. Sometimes cited as a synonym of Bulbophyllum shepherdii.

Synonyms *Dendrobium crassulaefolium A. Cunn. 1839; Dendr

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera Of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992;

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