Bulbophyllum monosema Schltr. 1913 SECTION Codonosiphon Schlechter 1913

Drawing by © Schlechter

Part shade cool Spring

Common Name The Single Spot Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea on trees in lower range forests at elevations around 1100 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm] between each subcylindrical pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, lanceolate-ligulate, acute to subacute, cuneate below into the base leaf that blooms in the spring on a very short, single flowered inflorescence with somewhat shorter than the ovary floral bracts..

The flowers are red, the labellum is yellow brown,, the petals yellowish with a red spot and the column is also pale yellow.

Synonyms Hapalochilus monosema (Schltr.) Garay & W.Kittr. 1985 publ. 1986

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

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