Bulbophyllum lemuraeoides H.Perrier 1937 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925

Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name or Meaning The Lemur-Like Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .4” [1 cm] long

Found in northern and south central Madagascar on rocky outcrops amongst mosses at elevations of 800 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with 1.2 to 1.6” [3 to 4 cm] between each, ovoid pseudobulb carrying 2, apical, ovate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, slender, 4.8" [12 cm] long, rachis slightly thickened and at an angle to the peduncle, 4 to 10 flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009;

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