~Bulbophyllum rhodostictum Schltr. 1913 - See Bulbophyllum arsoanum J.J.Sm. 1912 SECTION Brachypus Schlechter 1913
Photo by © Art Vogel
Photo by © W.K. Harris and their Orchids of New Guinea Website
Common Name The Red Dotted Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in New Guinea on trees in montane forests at elevations around 450 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot growing epiphyte with narrowly cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly ligulate, minutely apiculate, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, short, single flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide; Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide
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