Bulbophyllum ophiuchus Ridl. 1912 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925
Photos by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name or Meaning Snake-Like Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .2” [5 mm]
Found in east northeastern Madagascar in humid, evergreen forests on plateau at elevations around 900 to 1400 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with subcylindrical, 4 angled, yellow pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, rachis 4.8 to 6" [12 to 15 cm] long, thickened, dull red, 20" [50 cm] long overall, densely many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum ophiuchus var. baronianum H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007; Bulbophyllum mangoroanum Schltr. 1916
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B ophiuchus var baronianum; Die Orchideen lieferung 13 753 - 816 1983 photo plant only; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puys Cribb & Bosser 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puys Cribb & Bosser 2007 as Bulbophyllum ophiuchus var. baronianum ; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 as Bulbophyllum ophiuchus var. baronianum; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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