Bulbophyllum pumilum (Sw.) Lindl. 1830 SECTION Trichopus Schlechter 1924
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Common Name The Pointed Lip Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1/4" max [1 cm max]
Found in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Gabon, Zaire and Uganda at elevations of sealevel to 500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with 3/4" [2 cm] between each, angled pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptiuc, acute leaf that blooms on a basal, 12" [30 cm][ long, several to many flowered inflorescence.
This species and Genyorchis pumila are confused by many authorities saying Bulbophyllum pumilum is a syn of Genyorchis pumila but the later has two leaves and is red flowered while the former is single leafed and most often red to orange-brown flowered.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum calabaricum Rolfe 1906; Bulbophyllum dorotheae Rendle 1913; Bulbophyllum drallei Rchb.f. 1885; Bulbophyllum elachon J.J.Verm. 1982; Bulbophyllum flavidum Lindl. 1840; Bulbophyllum gabonis Linden & Rchb.f. 1865; Bulbophyllum herminiostachys (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1861; Bulbophyllum imogeniae K.Ham. 1917; Bulbophyllum moliwense Schltr. 1906; Bulbophyllum nanum De Wild. 1903; Bulbophyllum papillosum Finet 1903; Bulbophyllum pavimentatum Lindl. 1861; Bulbophyllum porphyroglossum Kraenzl. 1895; Bulbophyllum recurvum Lindl. 1830; *Bulbophyllum verecundum Summerh. 1953 publ. 1954; Bulbophyllum winkleri Schltr. 1906; Bulbophyllum yangambiense Louis & Mullend. ex Geerinck 1976; Dendrobium pumilum Sw. 1805; Phyllorchis flavida (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Phyllorchis herminostachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Phyllorchis pavimentata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Phyllorchis recurva (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Taurostalix herminiostachys Rchb.f 1852; Tribrachia recurva (Lindl.) Lindl. 1826
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 10 1970 as B pavimentatum; Orchid Monographs Vol 2-'A Taxonomic revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae' by J. J. Vermeulen. 1987 drawing fide; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1996;Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001 as Genyorchis pumila;
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