Bulbophyllum pantoblepharon Schltr. 1924 SECTION Pantoblepharon Schlechter 1925

TYPE for the section

Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full shade Cool Summer

Common Name The ? Eyelash Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in Madagascar in lichen rich forests at elevations around 1600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with globose pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblanceolate leaf that blooms in the summer on a basal, erect, thin, .08" [2 mm] long, densely 5 to 8 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum pantoblepharon var. vestitum H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B pantoblepharon var vestitum; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007 as Bulbophyllum pantoblepharon var. vestitum ; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009

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