Bulbophyllum emiliorum Ames & Quisumb. 1931 SECTION Stenochilus J.J. Sm. 1914 Photo courtesy of David Morris and Clackamas Orchids Home Page
Another Angle Photos by © Art Vogel
SENT IN AS Bulbophyllum kutubuense Garay, Hamer, Siegerist ? Photo by © Anton Seider and their Orchids of New Guinea Website
Lip Detail sent in as B kutubuense Photo by © Jo Levy and their Orchids of New Guinea Website
Plant and Flower Photos by Wolfgang Bandisch © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
Common Name Emilio's Bulbophyllum [Emilio Quisumbing, a Philippine civil engineer and orchid collector]
Flower Size 1 3/8" [3.5 cm]
Found in Papua and New Guinea and the Philippines on tree trunks in dense forests at elevations of 100 to 400 meters and is a small sized, hot growing, unifoliate epiphyte with [8 to 10 cm] between each, pseduobulb and carrying a single, apical, elliptic-oblong, rigid leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, slender, 1 5/8" to 2 3/4" [4 to 7 cm] long inflorescence with 3 yellow sheathing bracts, giving rise to a single, fragrant [sweet], non-resupinate, waxy flower. Needs a large slab, hot temperatures, deep shade and regular waterings to grow well.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo wrong in book shows B macranthum; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003
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