Bulbophyllum plumula Schltr. 1913 SECTION Monanthes [Bl] Avery. 1994
Photos by P Jongejan
Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Plumed Bulbophyllum [Refers to the feathery lip]
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea on trees in range forests at elevations around 700 to 1000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with a short rhizome giving rise to close set, ovoid-pyramidical, 4 angled pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ligulate, obtuse to minutely apiculate leaf that blooms in the fall and earlier winter on an erect, setiform, to 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
Schlechter states that the flowers are dark purple
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 Drawing fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001 photo fide;
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