Bulbophyllum koilobasis J.J.Verm., P.O'Byrne & A.L.Lamb 2015 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994
Photos by © John Varigos
Common Name Odoard's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .4 to .48" [1 to 1.2 cm]
Found in Sabah Borneo in wet primary forests at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome giving rise to close set, ovoid, somewhat flattened to not pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate to elliptic, obtuse, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on a basal, peduncle .24 to .76" [.6 to 1.9 cm] long, provided with 2 to 3 scales, .6 to 1.4" [1.5 to 3.5 cm] long overall, single flowered inflorescence with much shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Similar to and in the past proffered in error as B puntjakense but differs in the single veined petals and in lacking verrucae on the adaxial side of the lip.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermeulen 1991 as B puntjakense drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993 as B puntjakense; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as B puntjakense; The Orchids of Sarawak Beaman etal 2001 as B puntjakense; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as B puntjakense drawing/photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Vermeulen & O'Byrne 2015 drawing fide
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