Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides Rolfe 1890 SECTION Pleiophyllus J.J.Sm. 1914
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Common Name The Lemniscatum-Like Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1/8" [3 mm]
Found in Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte on tree trunks at elevations of sealevel [300] to 1500 meters with smooth, sheathed [when new] pseudobulbs that are crowded together carrying 2, apical, deciduous leaves falling off as it blooms in the fall on a 10" [25 cm] long inflorescence arising on a leafless, mature pseudobulb with the flowers held way above the leaf in a dense, cylindric, pendulous cluster at the apex with many [20 to 30] fragrant flowers.
This species, if found in an area with a dry season, has deciduous leaves and flowers before the new growth arises.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 10 2001 photo; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 Photo fide; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 4 2003 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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