Bulbophyllum papulosum Garay 1999 SECTION Lepidorhiza Schlechter Photo by N T Gerald and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Flower and Lip Detail Photo courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Archives, Photo by Anton Sieder Copyright ©

Part Shade Hot

Common Name The Warty Bulbophyllum [refers to the wart-like protuberances on the labellum]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm wide]

Found in the Philippines as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte at elevations up to 500 meters with ovoid to subglobse pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong,abtuse apically, gradually anrrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on a basal, 5.8" [14.5 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of The Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003

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