Bulbophyllum neglectum Bosser 1965 SECTION Lichenophylax Schlechter 1924

TYPE Drawing by © Jean Bosser and Adansonia n.s., 5: 379 Bossser 1969

Common Name The Neglected Bulbophyllum [refers to its small status and habit of growing in mosses and can easily go unnoticed]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in east northeastern Madagascar in forests on tree trunks burried in moss at elevations of 800 to 1000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with a branching rhizome giving rise to applanate-oblong, with .12 to .28" [3 to 7 mm] between each, green, coarsely wrinkled pseudobulb carrying 2 apical, erect, linear-lanceolate, acute, subsessile to shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, .6 to .68" [1.5 to 1.7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying reddish flowers.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Adansonia n.s., 5: 379 Bossser 1969 drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009;

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