Bulbophyllum septatum Schltr. 1924 SECTION Pachychlamys Schlechter 1924

Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The ?Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .26 to .28" [6.5 to 7 mm]

Found in northern Madagascar in lichen rich and mossy evergreen forests at elevations around 1000 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, coolgrowing epiphyte with .70 to 1" [1.75 to 2.5 cm] between each oblong conical, 4 obtuse angled pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, oblong-ligulate, shortly contracted basally leaf that blooms in the later spring and summer on a basal, erect, peduncle 1.4 to 2" [3.5 to 5 cm] long, thin, mostly longer than the leaf, 3 to 6" [7.5 to 15 cm] long overall, loosely 5 to 12 flowered inflorescence with oval-lanceolate, acute, 2 to 3 times as long as the pedicel floral bracts.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum ambreae H.Perrier 1938; Bulbophyllum serratum H.Perrier 1937

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B ambreae drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as B serratum; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001 as B ambreae; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo good

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