SECTION Lepanthanthe Schlechter 1913

TYPE: = Bulbophyllum lepanthiflorum Schltr. 1913

This section is similar to Sect Trachyrachis but this one is characterized by a more fasciculate inflorescence with a twisted peduncle so as the flowers are placed at the back of the leaves. They consist of short, stemmed, cyme-like, abbreviated racemes. The sepals are more spreading and the lip is shorter than in sect Trachyrachis.

  1. Bulbophyllum cruttwellii J.J.Verm.1993 New Guinea

  2. !Bulbophyllum lepanthiflorum Schltr. 1913 Papua and New Guinea

  3. Bulbophyllum toranum J.J.Sm. 1912 Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

    References Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermeullen 1993; *New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen

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