Bulbophyllum samoanum Schltr. 1911 SECTION Brachypus
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Common Name The Samoan Bulbophyllum
This hot growing unifoliate epiphyte is found in New Hebrides, Fija, New Caledonia and Samoa at elevations of 300 to 900 meters with a creeping rhizome giving rise to clustered pseudobulbs carrying an oblong, gradually narrowing below intothe petiolate base leaf and blooms on a basal, single flowered, 2.8" to 4 3/4" [7 to 12 cm] long inflorescence.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum christophersenii L.O. Wms. 1939
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Orchids of Samoa Cribb & Whistler 1996; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen
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