Bulbophyllum lineolatum Schltr. 1913 SECTION Brachypus Schlechter 1913

Plant and Flowers

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

Full shade WarmCoolSpring

Common Name The Lined Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in New Guinea in primary forests on large trees at elevations around 850 to 1100 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with cylindrical-conic pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic-ligulate, acuminate, cuneate below into the base leaf that blooms in the spring on a short, single flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide;

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