Bulbophyllum sanitii Seidenf. 1970 SECTION Tripudianthes
Photo by © Tripetch P and the Trekking Thai Website
Photo by ©, the Exotica Plants Photo Gallery
Drawing by © Seidenfaden and the The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the JanyRenz Herbaria Website
Common Name Sanit's Bulbophyllum [Thai Capitain in Royal Thia Airforce and Helicopter Pilot]
Flower Size .2” [5 mm] wide
Found in Yunnan province of China, Thailand and Vietnam at elevations around 1350 to 1700 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with close set, pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, apical leavesthat blooms in the spring on a pendent, close, rachis to 2.4” [6 cm] long, sharply defexed, 6.8” [17 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with hairy margined sepals
Synonyms Tripudianthes sanitii (Seidenf.) Szlach. & Kras 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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