Bulbophyllum sapphirinum Ames 1915 SECTION Polymeres Verm & O'Byrne 2008
Photo by © Nelson T Geraldino
Drawing and collection sheet by © Ames and The Flickhivemind Website
EARLY 
Common Name The Sapphire-Like Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .2 to .24" [5 to 6 mm]
Found in Leyte the Philippines in forests at elevations around 60 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with crwoded, spindly, terete, erect or ascending pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong leaf that blooms in the spring and early summer on an erect, slender, thread-like, to .8" [2 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a few tubular bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #1 2014 photo fide;
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