Bulbophyllum bittnerianum Schlechter 1910 Section Racemosae Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka

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Common Name Bittner's Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 2" Long [5 cm]

This small sized, hot growing species is only from Thailand and has a woody rhizome with well spaced, garlic-like pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, lanceolate leaf that blooms in the spring to early summer, arising from the base of the newest formed psuedobulb with a sheathed [3+] , 4" [10 cm] long inflorescence that has an apical cluster of flowers held at mid-leaf height.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum bractescens Rolfe ex Kerr 1927

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Orchid Genera of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou 1990;