Bulbophyllum masoalanum Schltr. 1916 SECTION Lyraea Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives

Common Name The Masoala Bulbophyllum [region of Madagascar]

Flower Size 1/4" [7 mm]

Found in the eastern forests of Madagascar at elevations of 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with 1 to 1 1/8" [2.5 to 3 cm] between each ovoid-conical pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, leaves that blooms in the spring on a 10" [25 cm] long, thinner, many flowered inflorescence with according to Cribb 2009 red flowers

According to photo in Cribb 2009 this is B humbertii, I await more info

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo not

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