`SECTION Ikongoense G A Fischer & J J Vermeullen 2014

TYPE: Bulbophyllum ikongoense H.Perrier 1937

Epiphytes or lithophytes with creeping rhizomes giving rise to distant, not, to only slightly laterally flattened, 2 leaved pseudobulbs that blooms on hetranthous, elongate, racemose, many flowered inflorescence with a thickened, spindle-shaped rachis carrying spirally arranged, resupinate flowers with free sepals that are glabrous abaxially, the petals are glabrous, with entire margins, the concave lip is undivided, mobile, thin and the apical part curves upward with entire margins that are glabrous and the adaxial side has no ridges The column has deltoid, obtuse stelida with the rostellum protruding in between and without a tooth along the lower margin. The anther is with or without an abaxial protrusion

This is a monotypic section from Madagascar at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters in montane forests on the eastern edge of the central plateau.

Entries below with an asterix are listed in publications by J J Vermeullen and so are more likely correct than ones without. Species with a question mark in front, seem to me to not conform and so please use with caution. If a sectional name has a "`" in front then it is a complete section with all the known species represented.

  1. *!Bulbophyllum ikongoense H.Perrier 1937 Madagascar

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae Pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb Chase & Ramussen 2014

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