Bulbophyllum hemiprionotum J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 1994 SECTION Monanthaparva Ridl. 1896

Photo by © Anthony Lamb

TYPE Drawing

TYPE Drawing by © Vermeullen and Lamb and The Orchids Online Forum Website

Full shade Cool Winter Spring Summer Fall

Common Name or Meaning The Semi Serrate Bulbophyllum [refers to the dentate lip]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm] wide

Found in Sabah Borneo in high and lowland mossy, open forests at elevations around 1700 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with .32 to 1" [.8 to 2.5 cm] between each ovoid, hardly flattened pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate, acuminate, shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms intermittently year round on an erect, 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm] long, usually single flowered inflorescence with tubular, acuminate floral bracts

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Blumea 38: 347 J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 1994 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo J J Woods & P J Cribb 1994; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 drawing fide;

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