Bulbophyllum levatii Kraenzl.1929 SECTION Macrouris Schlechter 1913
Photos by Ed De Vogel © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
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Common Name Levat's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1/2 to 1" [1.25 to 2.5 cm]
Found in New Guinea, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands in montane forests on trees at elevations around 1000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with .6 to 2.8" [1.4 to 7 cm] between each ovoid pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic to obovate, obtuse to acute, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring through fall on an erect to pendulous, 2 to 14" [6 to 35 cm] long, 4 to 55 flowered inflorescence with 4 to 6 bracts and triangular, acute to acuminate floral bracts.
The major differences between the subspecies is the length of the inflorescence, sepals and petals [shorter for the species and longer for the subspecies other than the petals which in the subspecies are shorter]
Synonyms Bulbophyllum levatii subsp. mischanthum J.J.Verm.1993
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 Drawing fide as B muscicola; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 as B levatii subs mischanthum
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