Bulbophyllum lecouflei Bosser 1989 SECTION Lupulina G A Fischer in prep

Photo by © Jean Bosser

Flower Closeup

Photo by © The AOS Website

Full shade Hot LATER Winter Spring

Common Name the Hidden Flower Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .4" [1 cm] long

Found in northeastern Madagascar in coastal and lowland forests at elevations around sea-level to 100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with disc-like, bilaterally flattened pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, oblong leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on a basal, pendent,, 8 " [20 cm] long, distantly many flowered inflorescence with pale yellow green, longer than the flower bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 #2 1998 photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;

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