Bulbophyllum masarangicum Schltr. 1911 SECTION Monanthes [Bl] Avery. 1994

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

Full shade Cool

Common Name The Masarang Bulbophyllum [An area of northern Sulawesi]

Flower Size

Found in northern Sulawesi in montane forests at elevations of 1200 to 1600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with distinct, obliquely erect, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, elliptic, ovate to obovate, acute, narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms on a spreading, peduncle .12" to .16" [3 to 4 mm] long, .28 to .32" [7 mm to 8 mm] long overall, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum masarangicum var. nanodes Schltr. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Vermuellen & O'Byrne 2011 drawing fide

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