Bulbophyllum concolor J.J.Sm. 1914 SECTION Codonosiphon Schlechter 1913

TYPE Drawing by © J J Smith

Part shade Hot LATEFall winter Spring

Common Name The One Colored Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in western New Guinea in lowland forests at elevations of 350 to 500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with close together, ovoid, with attenuate apex, longitudinally grooved pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, lanceolate, acute; base , coriaceous midrib above grooved, keeled below, conduplicate-contracted, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the late fall, winter and spring on a fascicled, peduncle filiform, 1.6 to 2" [4 to 4.5 cm] long, in the basal part provided with a few small tubular sheaths, single flowered inflorescence with tubular, shortly subulate-acuminate, above keeled floral bracts.

Synonyms Hapalochilus concolor (J.J.Sm.) Garay & W.Kittr. 1985 publ. 1986

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 13:66 J J Smith 1914 drawing fide

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