Bulbophyllum reductum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 SECTION Pelma [Finet] Schlechter 1913

Detail of Inflorescence union with stem

Photos © by Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Reduced Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Sulawesi in the understory of low montane mossy forests on limestone and serpentine bedrock at elevations of 1100 to 1200 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with clustered, erect to patent, sparsely branching rhizomes giving rise to an ovoid, not angular, finely grooved pseudobulb with persistent sheaths and carrying a single, ovate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the short, petiolate base leaf that blooms on a porrect [.5 to 1.05 cm] long, single to 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence with acuminate floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Gard. Bull. Singapore 55: 268 J J Verm & P O'Byrne 2003 drawing fide; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Vermeullen & O'Byrne 2011 drawing/photo fide;

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