Bulbophyllum leptoleucum Schltr.1913 SECTION Pelma [Finet] Schlechter 1913
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Common Name The Thin Yellow Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 1100 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm growing epiphyte with subparellel to the rhizome, conical-cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, erect, linear, apiculate, narrow base leaf that blooms in the late winter and spring on a thin, short, laxly 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Pelma leptoleucum (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kulak 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1982 drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermeullen 1993 drawing fide;
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