Bulbophyllum remiferum Carr 1933 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994

Another Angle

Plant and Flower

Photos by © Leicneagra and The Wild Orchids of Sumatra Website

Full shade CoolLATE Summer EARLY Fall

Common Name The ?Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1.12" [2.8 cm]

Found in Sumatra at elevations around 1525 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a chain of ovate to orbicular when viewed from above, apically curved pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, fleshy, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute leaf that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, arising from beneath the pseudobulb, peduncle, filiform, .52" [1.3 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Similar to B ovalifolium but differs in the long oar-shaped lateral sepals and the spathulate petals.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids Of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1991 drawing/photo hmm; A checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 7 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing hmm/photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photo/drawing fide

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