Bulbophyllum hassallii Kores SECTION Polymeres Verm & O'Byrne 2008
Photo/Drawing By © Lewis & Cribb 1991
Common Name Hassalt's Bulbophyllum [Dutch Original collector of the type lte 1700's earlier 1800's]
Flower Size
Found in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Niue in rainforests at elevations around 600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with clustered to .44" [1.1 cm] spaced, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, purple green above, paler green beneath, petiolate base leaf that blooms on a basal from the rhizome, ovate, acute bracts, to .2 to 2.2" [.5 to 5.5 cm] long,single flowered inflorescence carrying pale yellow to orange yellow flowers speckled with scarlet to dark purple, yellow petals, a crimson lip and a yellow column.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 photo/drawing fide ;
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