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Inflorescence and Plant Photos by © Poncy and Mobot Madagascar Photo List

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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 ; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009

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