Bulbophyllum antioquiense Kraenzl. 1899 SECTION Didactyle [Lindley] Cogn. 1902
Photo by © Luis Carlos Maya
Original Drawing by © Padre Pedro Ortiz Conserved at the Herbario de la Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia
Common Name The Antioquia Bulbophyllum [A Department of Colombia]
Flower Size
Found in Antioquia and Cauca departments of Colombia at elevations of 1200 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with aggregate, ovate to orbicular pseudobulbs carryinga single, apical, oblong-lanceolate, coriaeceous, acute leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on an erect, 4 to 4.8" [10 to 12 cm] long, nutant near the apex, fractiflex, slender, few to several flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Similar to B lehmannianum but readily distinguished by the oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse to acute petals with long pilose margins vs triangular, acute, margins thin and long ciliate petals, a retuse synsepal obtuse apically vs an acute to bidentate apically synsepal and by the lip base somewhat expanded to form obliquely oblong lobuls vs a cordate lip base." Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 457 Kraenzl. 1899 Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:161 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide
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