Bulbophyllum lopalanthum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 SECTION Ione [Lindley] J J Verm Schuit & de Vogel 2014
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Common Name or Meaning The ? Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Thailand, Myanmar and Laos at 1100 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with well spaced, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, terete leaf that blooms on a 2" [5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that blooms in the summer and fall.
Synonyms *Ione grandiflora Rolfe 1908; Sunipia grandiflora (Rolfe) P.F. Hunt 1971
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Ione grandiflora; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bind 64 hefte 2-3 Notes on the Genus Ione Seidenfaden 1969 as Ione grandiflora drawing fide; Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972 as Sunipia grandiflora drawing fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 as Sunipia grandiflora photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as Sunipia grandiflora photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 as Sunipia grandiflora photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Sunipia grandiflora photos fide; Phytotaxa 166 (2): 101–113 J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #9 2017 as Sunipia grandiflora photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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