Bulbophyllum ochroleucum Schltr. 1905 SECTION Uncifera Schlechter 1912
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Photo by Art Vogel
Common Name The Ochre Colored Bulbophyllum
Flower Size tiny
Found in Papua New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 800 to 3200 meters as a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with .2 to 3.6" [.5 to 9 cm] between each, ovoid to almost cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate to elliptic, obtuse to acute, gradually narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring, summer and fall on a basal, single to few, .24 to 3.6" [.6 to 9 cm] long, 1 to 9 flowered inflorescence with ovate, obtuse to acute, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum adpressiscapum J.J.Sm. 1915; Bulbophyllum furciferum J.J.Sm. 1914; P.Royen 1979; Bulbophyllum ramosum Schltr. 1905; Bulbophyllum rostratum J.J.Sm.1908;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/82 drawing good; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/82 as B ramosum drawing good; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/82 as B rostratum; The Orchids of the High Mountains of New Guinea P. Van Royen 1979 as Bulbophyllum piundensis drawing hmm; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermeullen 1993 drawing ok; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001;
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