Bulbophyllum spissum J.J.Verm. 1996 SECTION Polymeres Verm & O'Byrne 2008 Photo by © Art Vogel
Common Name
Flower Size
Found in penninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi in the understorey of mossy montane forests on twigs at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with distinct, erect, ovoid, finely grooved pseudeobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, acute to acuminate, gradually narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms on a basal, 1.6 to 2.6” [4 to 6.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with acute floral bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Vermeullen & O'Byrne 2011 drawing/photo fide
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