Bulbophyllum allenkerrii Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Racemosae Photo courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay

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Common Name Allen Kerr's Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]

Found in Laos and Thailand at elevations around 1300 meters as a hot to warm growing epiphyte that has 4 angled pseudobulbs, the newer with sheaths covering the base to the leaf stem, carrying a single, apical, strong-veined, short-stalked, elliptical, leathery leaf that blooms in the summer on a basal, 2 3/4" [7 cm] long inflorescence with a floral bract that begins to cover a dense head of simultaneously opening, short-lived [3 days] flowers held at mid-leaf height.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids Of THailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990