Bulbophyllum hapalanthos Garay 1999 SECTION Lichenophylax Schlechter 1924
Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage
Common Name The Delicate Flower Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in the Madagascar without locational data as a mini-miniature sized, epiphyte or lithophyte with a creeping to branching rhizome giving rise to obovoid pseudobulbs and carrying 2, fleshy, ovate-elliptic, acute leaves that blooms on a basal, erect, 2" [5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
Similar to B lakatoense but differs in the completely glabrous flowers and in the petal and lip shape.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Orchid Species Currently in Cultivation Garay 1999 drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo ok
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