Bulbophyllum neotorricellense J.M.H.Shaw 2014 SECTION Monosepalum [Schlechter] J J Sm. 1916
Photos by © Art Vogel
Photo by © Ed de Vogel
Photo by Senghas/TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The New Torricelli Range Bulbophyllum [A range of Mountains in New Guinea]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 800 meters as a large sized, warm growing epiphyte with an elongate rhizome giving rise to ascending almost parellel to the rhizome, cylindrical pseduobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate to suborbicular leaf that blooms in the winter on an erect, thin, basal, sparsely muricate, 2.8 to 4" [7 to 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying a nodding flower
Synonyms Monosepalum torricellense Schltr. 1913
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 as Monosepalum torricellense drawing good; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Monosepalum torricellense; Die Orchideen lieferung 13 753 - 816 Bulbophyllinae 1983 as Monosepalum torricellense
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