Bulbophyllum nephropetalum Schltr. 1919 SECTION Trachyrachis Schlechter

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

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Common Name The Kidney-Shaped Petal Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Papua New Guinea on trees in montane forests at elevations around 1800 to 2800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with discoid to ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, acute, petioalte base leaf that blooms in the fall on a basal, erect to arching, fractiflex, verrucose to 11.2" [28 cm] long, successively single, to 55 flowered inflroescence with triangular, obtuse to acuminate floral bracts

Synonyms Trachyrhachis nephropetala (Schltr.) Szlach. 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 drawing/photo fide

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