Bulbophyllum prismaticum Thouars 1822 specimen sheet by © Jany Renz

Lip Detail Photo by © Reunion Blog

Common Name The Prismatic Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in Reunion as a small sized epiphyte with a compressed, elliptical pseudobulb carrying 2, apical, linear, apically uneaqually bilobed, basally conduplicate leaves that blooms on a basal, successively several to many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Lyraea prismatica (Thouars) Lindl. 1830; Phyllorchis prismatica (Thouars) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 drawing fide;

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