Bulbophyllum schinzianum Kraenzl. ex De Wild. & T. Durand 1862 SECTION Lupulina
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by Vincent Droissart and His West African Orchid Website
Common Name Schinz's Bulbophyllum [Swiss Botanist Late 1800's early 1900's]
Flower Size 1/4" [8mm]
Found in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroons, Gabon and Zaire in primary forests at elevations of sea level to 800 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with 1/4 to 2.8" [.6 to 7 cm] between each, orbicular to narrowly ovoid, slightly compressed, obtusely and sharply 2 to 4 angled pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong to linear-lanceolate, rounded to subacute, coriaceous, thick leaf that blooms on a basal, [28 to 102 cm long, densely to rather laxly, 11 to 102 flowered inflorescence with a few, smelly flowers open at any one time.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum calamarium Lindl. 1848; Bulbophyllum gentilii Rolfe 1904; Bulbophyllum irigaleae P.J.Cribb & Pérez-Vera 1975; Bulbophyllum phaeopogon Schltr. 1906; Bulbophyllum schinzianum var. irigaleae (P.J.Cribb & Pérez-Vera) J.J.Verm. 1987; Bulbophyllum schinzianum var. phaeopogon (Schltr.) J.J.Verm. 1986
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as B calamarium; Orchid Monographs Vol 2 - A Taxonomic Revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae Vermeullen 1987 photo/drawing fide
Bulbophyllum schinzianum var. phaeopogon (Schltr.) J.J.Verm. 1986
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by Vincent Droissart and His West African Orchid Website
Another Flower Angle Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
A variety of the previous species, differs mostly location and in the longer, thinner petals and the lip gets less wide towards the base. This variety has the largest distribution of the 3 types.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Monographs Vol 2 - A Taxonomic Revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae Vermeullen 1987 drawing/photo fide
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