Bulbophyllum fimbriatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861 SECTION Cirrhopetalum Inflorescence Photo by © Antoine Lelirzin and courtesy of R Hromniack and Sieder and their Bulbophyllum, A to Z Webpage

Plant and Flower in situ Madikeri, Kodagu Dt., Karnataka St., India

Plant and Flower in situ Madikeri, Kodagu Dt., Karnataka St., India

Flowers in situ Madikeri, Kodagu Dt., Karnataka St., India Photos by © Antoine Le Lirzin

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Common Name The Fimbriate Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in southwestern India at elevations of 1300 to 1600 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing lithophyte that blooms in the spring on a 2.8" [7 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum fimbriatum Lindl. 1839; Phyllorchis fimbriata (Lindl.) Kuntze1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 as Cirrhopetalum fimbriatum; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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