
Bulbophyllum ovatum Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Desmosanthes [Bl.] J.J. Sm. 1933
Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Botanická zahrada a arboretum Mendelova zemedelská a lesnická univerzita v Brne, Brno, Czech Common Name The Egg-Shaped Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1/4" [5 mm]
Found only in Thailand as a miniature sized, hot to warmgrowing epiphyte with 1 1/4" to 1 5/8" [3 to 4 cm] spacing between each, conical pseduobulb carrying a single apical, lanceolate-ovate, leaf that apically is triangular obtuse and blooms in the spring on an erect, basal, 1 1/4" [3 cm] tall, few flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbiphyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990;
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