Bulbophyllum psittacoglossum Rchb. f. 1863 SECTION Leopardinae Bentham 1883 Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

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Common Name The Parrot Tongue Bulbophyllum - In China Dian Nan Shi Dou Lan

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in southeasten to southwestern Yunnan China, Thailand, Burma, Laos and Vietnam on shady rocks on open grassy slopes or on tree trunks in sparse woods as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte at elevations of 1200 to 1700 meters with reclining, ellipsoid, curved apically pseudobulbs clustered together each with a basal net and carrying a single, apical, ellipsoid leaf that narrows into a conduplicate petiole that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a short to 2" [to 5 cm] long, few [1 to 3] flowered inflorescence with an acuminate bract towards the base.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum affinoides Guillaumin 1958; Sarcopodium psitiacoglossum [Rchb.f] Hkr. 1863; Phyllorchis psittacoglossa [Rchb.f] Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing

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