Bulbophyllum minax Schltr. 1924

SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925

TYPE Collection sheet by © Perrier and the Museum National D'Historie Naturelle Website

Full shade Cool LATE SummerFall

Common Name The Uprising Bulbophyllum [refers to the inflorescence]

Flower Size

Found in southcentral Madagascar in mossy, montane forests at elevations of 1300 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a thick rhizome giving rise to ovoid, .08" [2 cm] between each pseudobulb carrying 2, coriaceous, ligulate, attenuate below into the base leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a basal, erect then arching, 7.2 to 7.6" [18 to 19 cm] long, to 10 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;

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