Bulbophyllum cruttwellii J.J.Verm.1993 SECTION Lepanthanthe Schlechter 1913
Photo by P. Jongejan Copyright ©
Photo courtesy of Wolfgang H. Bandisch. Photo by Mrs. Ralph Levy Copyright © 1998, 1999 All rights reserved. And his Papua & New Guinea Orchid Species site
Common Name Cruttwell's Bulbophyllum [Orchid Enthusiast in New Guinea Current]
Flower Size .2" [6mm]
Found in New Guinea in primary forests at elevations of 1800 to 3300 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a pendulous rhizome with .8 to 1.8" [2 to 4.5 cm] between each cylindrical, slightly flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, triangular to elliptic, acute to acuminate, often cordate and petiolate base leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on to 4, pendulous, .3 to 1.2" [.8 to 3 cm] long, successively single to 80 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate floral bracts
Synonyms Lepanthanthe cruttwellii (J.J.Verm.) Szlach.2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 drawing/photo fide;
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