Bulbophyllum masonii (Senghas) J.J.Wood 1986 SECTION Monanthes [Bl] Avery. 1994
Photos by © J B Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photos by © Ed de Vogel and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
Common Name Mason's Bulbophyllum [English Orchid Collector 1900’s]
Flower Size 8.4” [21 cm] long
Found in Papua New Guinea in montane forests at elevations of 1500 to 2700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with close set, truncate-elliptic, in coss-section subrotund pseduobulbs carrying a single, apical, narrowly ellipsoid leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a basal, peduncle very thin, 3.2” [8 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with membranous, enclosing and densely appressed to the ovary floral bracts
Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum masonii Senghas 1978
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Kew Bulletin Vol 41 #4:811 Notes on Asiatic and New Guinea Orchidaceae J J Wood 1986 drawing/photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001
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