Bulbophyllum sarcorhachis Schltr. 1918 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925
Flower Closeup Inflorescence and Plant Photos by © Poncy and Mobot Madagascar Photo List Type drawing of B befaonense Type Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Fleshy Rachis Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .4” [1 cm] long or less
Found in eastern Madagascar in humid, lowland, evergreen forests at elevations of sea level to 2600 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cold growing epiphyte with .4 to .8" [1 to 2 cm ] between each oblong, 4 angled pseudobulb carrying 2 apical, erect, elliptic-oblong leaves that blooms in the spring on a basal, 4 to 5" [10 to 12.5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Bulbophyllum befaonense Schltr. 1924; Bulbophyllum sarcorhachis var. befaonense (Schltr.) H.Perrier 1937; Bulbophyllum sarcorhachis var. flavomarginatum H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B sarcorhachis var beforonense; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B sarcorhachis var flavomarginatum; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puys Cribb & Bosser 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puys Cribb & Bosser 2007 as B sarcorhachis var befaonense; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puys Cribb & Bosser 2007 as B sarcorhachis var flavomarginatum; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 as B sarcorhachis var beforonenseas; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 as B sarcorhachis var flavomarginatum
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