Bulbophyllum gibbolabium Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Beccariana Pfitz. 1889

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Lip Detail

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TYPE Drawing

Drawing by © Seidenfaden

Common Name The Hump-Lipped Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 4/5" [2 cm]

Found only in Thailand as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a rhizome carrying obliquely set and 5/8 to 1" apart, small for the section, conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, lanceolate leaf that blooms in the fall in cultivation on a basal, very short, single flowered inflorescence .

Synonyms Hamularia gibbolabia (Seidenf.) Aver. & Averyanova 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide;

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