Bulbophyllum cribbianum Toscano 1992 SECTION Bulbophyllaria
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Common Name Cribb's Bulbophyllum [English Orchid Enthusiast current]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in eastern Brazil at elevations of 1200 to 1600 meters as a cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with conical to ovoid, rugose, pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, acute, basally clasping leaf that blooms in the late fall through late spring on a basal, erect, wirey, 6" [15 cm] long, few to several [to 10] flowered inflorescence with the successively opening flowers held towards the apex and has 2, linear, acute bracts.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum micropetalum Barb.Rodr. 1882
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide as B micropetalum; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005; Orchidstudium Brasilense Holland Baptista, Docha Neto and Campacci 2005
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