Bulbophyllum woelfliae Garay, Senghas & Lemcke 1996 SECTION Polymeres Verm & O'Byrne 2008
Photo courtesy of Jo Levy Copyright ©, Leslie Garay Archives
Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage
Common Name Woelfle's Bulbophyllum [Female Swiss orchid enthusiast current]
Flower Size 3 1/4" to 5 3/4" [8 to 12 cm]
Found in the Philippines at elevations around 1400 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with .4 t o1.2" [1 to 3 cm] between each ovoid, curved pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, ovate to elliptic, obtuse leaf and blooms in the fall on a basal or from the rhizome, 3" [7.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
This species has the largest flowers of the section Polymeres within the Philippines.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 6 2001 photo; A to Z Of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #1 2014 photo fide;
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