Bulbophyllum baronii Ridl. 1885
SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925
Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar
Photo by the MOBOT Madagascar Website
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Common Name Baron's Bulbophyllum [English Missionary and Orchid Collector 1800's]
Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]
Found in east central Madagascar in humid, lichen rich, evergreen forests at elevations of 720 to 2200 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or occasional lithopythe with close-set, oblong to ovoid-conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, narrowly retracted-petiolate basally leaf that blooms in the spring through summer on a basal, 3 1/4" to 4 3/4" [8 to 12 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with many closely spaced flowers
Synonyms Phyllorchis baronii (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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