Bulbophyllum francoisii H.Perrier 1937
SECTION Elasmotopus Schlechter 1925
Photo by © The I Naturalist Website
Drawing by © Perrier and The Plant Illustrations Website
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Common Name or Meaning Francois's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .56" [1.4 cm]
Found in Madagascar in coastal humid evergreen forests at elevations around sea level to 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical,oblanceolate leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on an erect, 2" or longer than 2.8" [5 cm or longer than 7 cm], 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum andrangense H.Perrier 1939; Bulbophyllum francoisii var. andrangense (H.Perrier) Bosser 1965
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B andragense; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing ok; * Adansonia n.s., 5: 384 Bossser 1969 as B francosii var andrangense;; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 as Bulbophyllum francoisii var. andrangense; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo good; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 as B francosii var andrangense; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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