Bulbophyllum guamense Ames 1914 SECTION Intervallatae Ridley 1897
Photo by © Lainie Zarones
Drawing by © Ames and The University of Halwell Museum Website
Common Name or Meaning The Guam Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Guam and the Marianas at elevations under 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing, mat forming epiphyte with .4 to .8" [1 to 2 cm] between each, globose, longitudinally rugose pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, obtuse, petiolate base leaf that blooms at most any time of the year on a 10" [25 cm] long, successively single, flowered inflorescence carrying faint, unpleasant, carrion scented flowers.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands Raulerson & Rinehart 1992 photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001;
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