Bulbophyllum jackyi G.A.Fisch., Sieder & P.J.Cribb 2007 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925

Drawing by G A Fischer, Seider and Cribb and Adansonia, sér. 3, 29: 22 2007 and The Research Gate Website

Common Name or Meaning Jacky's Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in southeastern Madagascar in low heath forests on white sand at elevations around sea level to 100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome with 1.2 to 2" [3 to 5 cm] between each orbicular pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, obovate-elliptic, emarginate leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, clavate, 1 to 1.52" [2.5 to 3.8 cm] long, densely flowered inflorescence with rigid, longer than the dark purple flowers floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009;

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