Bulbophyllum phayamense Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Racemosae

Flower CLoseup Photo courtesy of MR.TIPOL RUANGAKSORN and Exotic Bulbophyllum

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Common Name The Koh Phayam Bublophyllum [part of Andaman Island island of Thailand]

Flower Size 3/10" [4 mm]

Found in Andaman Island in southern Thailand, and very similar to B intricatum but differs in the auricles on the lip and it's northern range, as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with conical pseudobulbs carrying a single broad leaf and blooms in the winter on a basal to 8" [20 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with a few basal sheaths.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990;

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