Bulbophyllum oxycalyx Schltr. 1924 SECTION Elasmotopus Schlechter 1925

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Bulbophyllum oxycalyx var. rubescens (Schltr.) Bosser 1965Photo by © Kew Team KMCC and The Twitter Website

Common Name or Meaning The Pointed Calyx Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .3" [7.5 mm] long

Found in Madagascar in lichen rich evergreen forests at elevations around 1100 to 2500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, oblong-ligulate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, very slender, peduncle to 4.4" [11 cm] long, filiform, to 7.2" [18 cm] long, 10 to 15 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum caeruleolineatum H.Perrier 1951; Bulbophyllum loxodiphyllum H.Perrier 1951; Bulbophyllum oxycalyx var. rubescens (Schltr.) Bosser 1965; Bulbophyllum rostriferum H.Perrier 1951; Bulbophyllum rubescens Schltr. 1924; Bulbophyllum rubescens var. meizobulbon Schltr. 1925

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Pererier 1939/81 as B rubescens; FLora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; * Adansonia n.s., 5: 383 Bossser 1969 as B oxycalyx var rubescens ; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy Cribb & Bosser 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy Cribb & Bosser 2007 as B oxycalyx var rubescens; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 as B oxycalyx var rubescens; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide to var rubescens; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 as B rubescens photo fide;

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