Bulbophyllum brachyphyton Schltr. 1918 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925
Photo by © Jean-Michel Hervouet
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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Common Name or Meaning The Short Leaved Bulbophyllum [Refers to the diminutive plant]
Flower Size
Found in northeastern Madagascar in humid lowland rainforests at elevations of sea level to 300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with narrow 4 angled pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, oblong leaves that blooms in the late spring on an erect, shorter than the leaves, to .8" [to 2 cm] long, rachis 5 to 8 flowered inflorescence carrying glabrous flowers.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, DuPuy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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