Bulbophyllum pendulum Thouars 1822 Photo by © Rogier van Vugt and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Pendent Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in Mauritius and Reunion as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte with an orbicular pseudobulb carrying two, apical, linear, apically bilobed, basally clasping leaf that blooms on a basal, horizontal to pendent, successively few to several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Phyllorkis pendula (Thouars) Kuntze 1891; Tribrachia pendula (Thouars) Lindl. 1826

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 drawing fide;

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