Bulbophyllum alatum J.J.Verm. 1991 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994
Photo by © J.B. Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name or Meaning The Winged Bulbophyllum [refers to the lateral sepals]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Sabah Borneo near Mt Kinabalu in mixed montane forests on bare trees at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing, mat forming epiphyte with ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, rather thick, ovate to elliptic, abruptly narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, 1.2 to 1.8" [3 to 4.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermeullen 1991 drawing/photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo/drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photos/drawing fide;
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