Bulbophyllum australe (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014
SECTION Ione [Lindley] J J Verm Schuit & de Vogel 2014
Photo by © Supannika and her Supannika Photo Webpage
TYPE Drawing by © Seidenfaden
Common Name The Southernmost Sunipia
Flower Size
Found in pennisular Thailand at elevations around 1000 to 1200 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with .8" [2 cm] between each pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, short to .28 to .36" [7 to 9 mm] long, , somewhat petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect, thin, to 10" [25 cm] long overall, with 5 to 6, closely enveloping sheaths, rachis 1.2 to 2" [3 to 5 cm] long, 8 to 12 flowered inflorescence with shorter than the flowers floral bracts.
Synonyms *Ione australis Seidenf. 1969; Sunipia australis (Seidenf.) P.F.Hunt 1971
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 as Ione siamensis drawing fide; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bind 64 hefte 2-3 Notes on the Genus Ione Seidenfaden 1969 as Ione australis drawing fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 24 Schlechter/Brieger 1991 as Sunipia australephoto fide; Phytotaxa 166 (2): 101–113 J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014
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