Bulbophyllum lizae J.J.Verm. 1984 > SECTION Megaclinium G A Fischer & J J Verm in prep.
Photo by © Art Vogel
Photos by Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage
Common Name Liza's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size
Found in Sao Tome Island in evergreen forest at elevations of 1350 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with 2 to 3 1/4" [5 to 8 cm] between each, ovoid, yellow green, 4 to 6 angled pseudobulb carrying 2 apical, narrowly lanceolate, petiolate leaves and blooms on a basal, 10" [25 cm] long, 3 to 10 flowered inflorescence with a somewhat swollen and compressed rachis and carrying distichous flowers arising on midline of the compressed side of the rachis
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Malawi Orchids La Croix 1983; Orchid Monographs Vol 2 - A Taxonomic Revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae Vermeullen 1987 photo/drawing fide; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Orchidaceae Of West Central Africa Vol 2 Szlachetko, Ejsmont, Baranow, Grochocka, Nowak, Margonska and Naczk 2015 drawing/photo fide
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