Bulbophyllum werneri Schltr.1913 SECTION Stenochilus J.J. Sm. 1914
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives



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Common Name Werner's Bulbophyllum [French Botanist 1900's]
Flower Size
Found in Papua and New Guinea at elevations of 100 to 350 meters as a madium sized, hot growing epiphyte with 3 1/4" to 4" between each cylindrical pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong-ligulate, obtuse, subpetiolate-attenuate below, glabrous leaf that blooms in the spring through fall on a 3/4", single flowered inflorescence with cuculate bracts and carrying a watermelon scented flower.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85 drawing close; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen
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