Bulbophyllum foraminiferum J J Verm 1996 SECTION Monanthaparva Ridl. 1896

TYPE Drawing by © J J Vermeulen

Common Name The Hole Carrying Bulbophyllum [refers to the petals which neatly fit into the openings between the median and the lateral sepals, so that only two tiny holes are left at the top of the flower]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Sarawak Borneo in podzolic forest among abundant moss in the crowns of trees at elevations around 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with clustered, distinct, .16 to .32” [.4 to .8 cm] between each apporximatley erect, ovoid, not angular pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, ovate, acute to finely mucronate, petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect or patent, peduncle to 2 to 2.88” [5.0-7.2 cm] long, provided with 3 acuminate bracts, rachis .12 to .6" [1.3 to 1.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with tubular, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts

"Within SECTION Monanthaparva Ridl. 1896 recognizable because of the almost entirely closed flowers: the lateral sepals are fused from base to tip along their lower margins, and the median is fused to the laterals at its tip. The petals neatly fit into the openings between the median and the lateral sepals, so that only two tiny holes are left at the top of the flower (hence the name). Otherwise the species can be recognized by the large lateral lobes on the lip and the very long stelidia." Vermeulen 1996

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Blumea 41:357 J J Vermeulen 1996 drawing fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood Beaman etal 2001; The Bulbophyllum of Borneo Verm. O’Byrne and Lamb 2015 drawing/photo fide

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