Bulbophyllum vestigipetalum J J Verm & Lamb 2013 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994

Photo by © Jfeffery Champion

Common Name The Almost Absent Petal Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .24" [6 mm]

Found in Kalimantan Borneo and Aceh Sumatra in slightly disturbed, rather tall riverine forests at elevations of 500 to 600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growng epiphyte with a creeping rhizome giving rise to ovoid to cylindrical, somewhat flattened or not psaeudobulbs carrying a single apical, erect, elliptic, rounded, petiolaet base leaf that blooms on an erect, peduncle to .56" [1.6 cm] provided with scales, to 1" [2.5 cm] long overall, single flowered inflorescence with shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Within the section this species is immediately recognized by its very short, vestigal petals

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Vermeulen, O'Byrne & Lamb 2015 photo/drawing fide

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