Bulbophyllum absconditum J.J. Sm 1905 SECTION Pelma [Finet] Schlechter 1913
Plant Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage
Common Name The Hidden Bulbophyllum [refers to the flower which often is camoflaged and set against the sheaths of the same color
Flower Size .2" [.5 cm]
Found in Bali, Java and Sumatra at elevations of 900 to 1700 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with 3/4" between each wrinlked, conical pseudobulb enveloped basally by dry sheaths and carrying a single, apical, elliptic, acute leaf and blooms on a basal, very short, single flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum neocaledonicum Schltr. 1906; *Pelma absconditum Finet 1909; Pelma neocaledonicum (Schltr.) Finet 1909
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 as B neocaledonicum; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003
