Bulbophyllum luanii Tixier 1965 SECTION Racemoseae Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

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Common Name Luan's Bublophyllum

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Not checked by Garay

Found in Vietnam and Thailand in primary montane forests at elevations around 1300 to 2600 meters as a hot to cool growing epiphyte with conical pseudobulbs enveloped basally by a papery sheath and carrying a single, apical, linear, shortly conduplicate towards the base leaf that blooms in the fall on a basal, erect, 11' [12.5 cm] long, inflorescecnce with close tubular bracts and a few apical flowers.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbiphyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990;