Bulbophyllum edentatum H.Perrier 1937 SECTION Kainochilus

Plant and Flowers Photos By © Christian Gegenbauer

Common Name The Non-Toothed Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in south eastern Madagascar in humid evergreen foretss at elevations of 1100 to 1800 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an ovoid, 4 angled, brick red pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, oblong, shortly contracted towards the base leaves that blooms in the spring on a basal, 4.8 to 10" [12 to 25 cm] long, slightly verrucose, loosely 12 to 20 flowered inflorescence enveloped basally by a few lareg, loose sheaths and has narrolwy lanceolate, acute, single veined floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Flora of Madagascar Perrrier 1937/81; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide

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