Bulbophyllum alcicorne C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 SECTION Globiceps Vermeulen

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Part shadeHot LATE Spring Summer

Common Name The Elk Antler Bublophyllum [Refers to the shape of the column]

Flower Size 1/6" [.4 cm]

Found in Burma, Malaysia and Thailand at elevations of 400 to 650 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with .4" [1 cm] between each, globose, flattened vertically pseduobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic leaf that is round apically and blooms in the late spring a summer on a 3" to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm] long, erect then with a drooping rhachis , several to many densely flowered, racemose inflorescence carrying 10 to 15 flowers

Synonyms Phyllorchis alcicornis (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001;The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou, Seidenfaden 1990;