Bulbophyllum elevatopunctatum J.J. Sm. 1920 SECTION Sestochilos

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Common Name The Raised Dot Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Thailand and Sumatra [Sulawesi?] as a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome with 1" [2.5 cm] between each oblong-ovoid, apically narrowed, 2 longitudinal channels, dull green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical erect, narrwoly lanceolate, fleshy, tough, shiney green above, dull pale green below petiolate leaf that blooms on a basal as well as from the rhizome, erect, single flowered, terete, pale green spotted brown-red inflorescence carrying 3 bracts in the lower half.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbopyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 8 2011 photos fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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