Anacheilium bulbosum (Vell.) Withner & P.A.Harding 2004
Photo by © Helmut Bechtel
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Drawing By © Chiron
THROUGH
Common Name The Bulb-Shaped Anacheilium
Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]
Found in southeastern Brazil on trees and rocks in cloud forests at elevations of 1000 to 1300 meters as a medium sized, cool growing with elongate, ovoid, compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, strap-shaped leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a terminal, erect, fleshy, 4 to 4.8" [10 to 12 cm] long, 6 to 15 flowered inflorescence carrying non-resupinate, clove scented flowers.
Synonyms Encyclia bulbosa (Vell.) Pabst 1967 publ. 1972; Encyclia inversa (Lindl.) Pabst 1976; *Epidendrum bulbosum Vell 1831; Epidendrum inversum Lindl. 1839; Epidendrum latro Rchb.f. ex Cogn. 1898; Prosthechea bulbosa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998; Prosthechea latro (Rchb.f. ex Cogn.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003; Prosthechea inversa (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 11 Vell. 1831 as Epidendrum bulbosum;
: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 85 Lindley 1839 as Epidendrum inversum;
Fl. Bras. 3(5): 82 Cogniaux 1898 as Epidendrum latro;
Fl. Bras. 3(5): tab25 Cogniaux 1898 as Epidendrum latro drawing fide;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Epidendrum inversum drawing ok;
Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 276 Pabst 1967 publ. 1972 as Encyclia bulbosa
Bradea 2: 81 (Pabst 1976 as Encyclia inversa; no basionym date
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Hormidium inversum;
The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 as Encyclia bulbosa photo fide;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as Encyclia bulbosa;
Phytologia 82: 377 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998 as Prosthechea bulbosa; P>Phytologia 82: 378 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998 as Prosthechea inversa
