Bulbophyllum corallinum Tixier & Guillaumin 1963 SECTION Desmosanthes [Bl.] J.J. Sm. 1933
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Common NameThe Coral Red Bulbophyllum - In Chian Huan Chun Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size .1" [3 mm]
Found in Yunnan province of China, Vietnam and Thailand on tree trunks or rocks in sparse woods at elevations of 1100 to 1600 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with clustered, elongate-elliptic to ovate, 4 angled pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, narrowly elliptic, obtuse leaves that blooms in the late spring through early fall on many, very short, several flowered inflorescence held very close to the pseudobulb base.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 as B sp #73 pg 415 TS 5027 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994 Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo good; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2008 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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