Bulbophyllum sandrangatense Bosser 1965 SECTION Pachychlamys Schlechter 1924
Photo by © G Gilles and The I Naturalist Website
Photos by Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Sandrangato Bulbophyllum [an area of northeastern Madagascar]
Flower Size .32" [8 mm]
Found in east northeastern Madagascar in humid, mossy evergreen forests at elevations around 900 to 1200 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with conical pseudobulbs enveloped by fibers and carrying 2 apical, suberect, ligulate-oblanceolate leaves that blooms in the summer on a basal, erect, 4 to 7.2" [10 to 18+ cm] long overall, 5 to 13 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Adansonia n.s., 5: 394 Bossser 1969 drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 drawing/photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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