Bulbophyllum divaricatum H.Perrier 1937 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925

TYPE Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full Shade Cool Fall AGAIN Winter

Common Name or Meaning The Diverging Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .28" [7mm] long

Found in northern Madagascar in lichen rich forests at elevations of 1500 to 2000 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing epiphyte with ovoid-conical, 4 to 5 angled pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, oblancelate leaves that blooms in the fall and again in the winter on an erect, 3" [7.5 cm] long, rachis at an angle to the peduncle, many flowered inflorescence with flowers papillose on the exterior.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, DuPuy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009;

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