Bulbophyllum maxillarioides Schltr. 1905 SECTION Brachypus Lectotype: Bulbophyllum maxillarioides Schltr. (designated by van Royen 1979)

Plant and Flower Photos by © Ed de Vogel and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

Part shade HotSpring

Common Name The Maxillaria-Like Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in Papua New Guinea on river banks and stream sides on trees at elevations around 200 to 300 meters as a hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1982 drawing fide; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen

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