Bulbophyllum calyptratum Kraenzl. 1895 SECTION Megaclinium Summerh. 1935 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Hooded Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]

Found in Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Siera Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Zaire at lower elevations to 1000 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing medium sized epiphyte with angled, somewhat compressed pseudobulbs carrying narrow leaves and blooms on an erect, spreading, wide, flat, 3' [90 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with small, distichous flowers appearing on either side of the flattened rachis

Synonyms Bulbophyllum buchenauianum (Kraenzl.) De Wild. 1921; Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. graminifolium (Summerh.) J.J.Verm. 1986; Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. lucifugum (Summerh.) J.J.Verm. 1987; Bulbophyllum graminifolium Summerh. 1957; Bulbophyllum intermedium De Wild. 1916; Bulbophyllum lucifugum Summerh. 1957; Megaclinium buchenauianum Kraenzl. 1905; Megaclinium intermedium De Wild. 1916; Megaclinium lepturum Kraenzl. 1916; Megaclinium maximum Lindl. 1837

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