Bulbophyllum kestron J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 1988 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994

Plant and Flowers Photo by © J.B.Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

EARLY

Common Name Chan's Bulbophyllum [Indonesian Orchid Enthusiast and Illustrator current]

Flower Size .24" [6 mm]

Found in Sabah Borneo in lower to upper wet montane forests at elevations of 1400 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with close set, ovoid, somewhat flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, rather thin, elliptic to obovate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring, summer and early fall on an erect, basal, 1 to 1.6" [2.5 to 4 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a tubular floral bract.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids Of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1991 drawing/photo fide; A checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide;

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