Mastigion ornatissimum (Rchb. f.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Ornate Mastigion

Flower Size 4" [10 cm]

Found in the Himalayan region as a warm to hot growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs and a single, apical, linear-oblong, obtuse leaf that carries 1 to 3, apical, fragrant flowers in an umbel on each erect, 6" [15 cm] long inflorescence which arise from the base of the mature psuedobulb occuring in the winter.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum ornatissimum (Rchb. f.) J.J. Sm. 1912; *Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum Rchb. f. 1882; Phyllorchis ornatissimum [Rchb.f] Ktze. 1891;

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