Bulbophyllum jacintense Campacci 2019 SECTION Xiphizusa Rchb.f. 1852
Photos/TYPE Drawing by M A Campacci
Common Name The Jacinto Bulbophyllum [refers to a town in Minas Gerais state of Brazil near where the orchid occurs]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil in sparse forests with rocky outcrops at elevations around 600 meters as a mini-miniature [without inflorescence] sized, warm growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome giving rise to ovate-tetragonal pseudobulbs carrying a single, erect, green, oblong, concave, acute apically, with a longitudinal rib, attenuate and canaliculate below into the base leaf that blooms in the fall on a basal, arched, flexuous, peduncle green, provided with membraneous, amplexicaul bracts, racemose, to 12" [30 cm] long, successively 2 to 4, 20 flowered inflorescence with persistent, cream colored, triangular, acute floral bracts and carrying resupinate flowers.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras Novas Especies Vol 15 2019 photo/drawing fide fide
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