Bulbophyllum alveatum J.J.Verm. 1993 SECTION Peltopus Schlechter 1913
Photos by Ed de Vogel © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
Common Name The Hollowed Out Bulbophyllum [refers to the concave basal part of the lip]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Papua New Guinea in primary forests at elevations around 1800 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome giving rise to ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, acute to acuminate, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a basal, 5.6" to 10.4" [14 to 26 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with tubular, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Similar to B ankylochele , B rhodoleucum, B peltopus and B brassii.
Synonyms Peltopus alveatus (J.J.Verm.) Szlach. & Marg.2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 drawing fide;
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
