Bulbophyllum microblepharon Schltr. 1913 SECTION Monanthes [Bl] Avery. 1994

Drawing by © Schlechter

Part shadeWarm EARLYSummer

Common Name The Very Small Eyebrow Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at the foot of the range forest at elevations around 700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte minute pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect-patent, oval, obtuse to minutely apiculate, narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms in the early summer on a basal, short, single flowered inflorescence.

The flowers are red, with darker sepals and petals

Synonyms Diphyes microblepharos (Schltr.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide

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