Bulbophyllum longipes Rchb.f. 1861 SECTION Monomeria [Lindl.] J J Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014

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Inflorescence

Plant

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Full shade Cool LATE Fall EARLY Winter

Common Name The Long Column Foot Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Myanmar and Thailand at elevations around 1200 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with 1" [2.5 cm] between each conic, longitudinally rugose with age pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, leathery, strap shaped, obliquely obtuse apically, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the late fall and early winter on an 8" [20 cm] long, laxly few to several flowered inflorescence carrying flowers with very long pedicels.

Synonyms Henosis longipes Hook.f. 1890; Monomeria longipes (Rchb.f.) Aver. 1994

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1891 as Henosis longipes drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 as Monomeria longipes photo ok; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as Monomeria longipes; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001 as Monomeria longipes; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 as Monomeria longipes photo good; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Monomeria longipes drawing fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Nyan Tun Taunggyi 2014 as Bulbophyllum longipes photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae Pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb Chase & Ramussen 2014 in SECTION Henosis as Bulbophyllum longipes

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