Bulbophyllum glaucum Schltr. 1913 SECTION Imitatores J.J.Verm. , Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 Drawing © by Vermeullen
Drawing by Schlechter And The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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EARLY
Common Name The Glaucous Bulbophyllum
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea on trees in lower range forests at elevations around 800 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with a hanging rhizome with .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] between each, small, ovoid pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, broadly oval, apiculate leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a wiry, short to .48" [1.2 cm] long, few bracted, single flowered inflorescence with ovate, tip acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts. .
Schlechter states that the flowers are pale pink with a reddish lip.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85 drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermeullen 1993 drawing fide;
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