Bulbophyllum intricatum Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Racemosae
Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of MR.TIPOL RUANGAKSORN and Exotic Bulbophyllum
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
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Common Name The Intricate Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]
This species is endemic to Thailand at elevations of 550 to 1550 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with conical sheathed pseudobulbs, 1 1/4" to 2 1/4" [3.5 cm to 6 cm] apart on a woody rhizome carrying a single, apical, ellipic leaf that has a petiole below and blooms in the fall on a arcuate, 8" [20 cm] long densely many flowered inflorescence with small basal sheaths arising on a mature pseudobulb.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbiphyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990
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