Bulbophyllum megalonyx Rchb.f. 1881

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Full shadeCool LATEFall EARLYWinter

Common Name The Large Black Flowered Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in the Comoros Islands [Nzwani] in forests on tree trunks at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a cool growing epiphyte know only from the type with an inflorescence only. This specis blooms in the late fall and early winter

Synonyms Phyllorkis megalonyx (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007;

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