Bulbophyllum tripaleum Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Pleiophyllus J.J.Sm. 1914
Photo by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery
Common Name The Three Palae Bulbophyllum [refers to the three elongated palae that hang from each of the the sepals]
Flower Size 1/16" x 1/4" [2 mm x 1 cm]
Found only in Thailand as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with close-set, nearly gloular, dark green pseudobulbs enveloped when young by a basal sheath that with age breaks up into a polygonal pattern and carries 2 apical, erect, deciduous, broadly lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring after leaf fall, on a thin, 1 1/8" to 2 1/4" [3 to 6 cm] long, light green inflorescence with a dense head of many apical flowers
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1990; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide
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