Bulbophyllum bracteatum F.M.Bailey 1891 SECTION Adelopetalum [Fitz] J.J. Verm. 1993 Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

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Common Name The Bracteate Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1/8" [.5 cm]

This is an Australian, unifoliate species from south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales at elevations of 700 meters and below in coastal lowlands on the upper branches on rainforest trees with bright light as an epiphyte or occasional lithophyte forming dense mats that blooms on a basal, erect, thin, 4" [10 cm] long, length of the leaf inflorescence that has an umbel of many [24] flowers at the apex.

Synonyms Adelopetalum bracteatum [F. M. Bailey] Fitzg. 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001;