Bulbophyllum rugosisepalum Seidenf 1979 SECTION Tripudianthes

Lip Detail

Inflorescence

Photos by © Peter GW and The Orchids Forum Website

Full shade Cool Winter

Common Name The Rugose Sepal Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .24" [.6 cm] x 1.4" [3.5 cm] long,

Found in Thailand at elevations around 1300 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter on an erect, 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, rachis becoming pendent, to 3.2" [8 cm] long, laxly few flowered inflorescence with triangular, three veined floral bracts

Synonyms Tripudianthes rugosisepala (Seidenf.) Szlach. & Kras 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo ok;

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