Bulbophyllum quadrisetum Lindl. 1843 SECTION Bulbophyllaria [Rchb.f] Griseb. 1864
Photos by © Pako and The Orchidees du Guyane Website
Common Name The Four Bristled Bulbophyllum
Flower Size Small
Found in Guyana, Fr Guiana, Suriname and Brazil as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with .6" [1.5 cm] between each, terete, narrowly cylindrical pseudodbulb carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, linear-oblong to oblanceolate, acute to bidenticulate, narrowing below into the conduplicate base leaf that blooms on a basal, erect, 3.2 to 5.2" [3 to 13 cm] long, laxly to 20 flowered inflorescence with truncate, scarious bracts on the peduncle and lanceolate-ovate, apiculate, concave floral bracts.
Synonyms Phyllorkis quadriseta (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret, Mynik-Ejsmont, Sawicka, Ruthkowski and Baranow 2012 drawing fide
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