Bulbophyllum pachytelos Schltr. 1905 SECTION Pelma [Finet] Schlechter 1913
Photos by Ed De Vogel © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
Common Name The Broad Apex Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .2" [6 mm]
Found in Papua New Guinea in primary mist forests on large trees at elevations around 500 to 3300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cold growing epiphyte with 1" [2.5 cm] between each, oblong to oblong-cylindric pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, erect, elliptic-ligulate, acute to acuminate, attenuate below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a very short, single flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum geminum Schltr.1913; Bulbophyllum proximum Schltr.1913; Pelma pachytelos (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kulak 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing as Bulbophyllum geminum; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing ok as Bulbophyllum proximum; Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermuellen 1993 drawing fide;
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