Bulbophyllum appressum Schltr. 1913 SECTION Polymeres Verm & O'Byrne 2008 Photo by © Dwi Suratman,

TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Appressed Bulbophyllum [refers to the pseudobulbs]

Flower Size .88" [2.2 cm] long

Found in New Guinea on trees in lowland forests without elevational data as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a short rhizome giving rise to appressed, oblong pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic to obovate, obtuse leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, filiform, few bracted, to 1.2 to 1.8" [3 to 4.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with small floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are yellow and are thickly brown spotted.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85 drawing fide

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