Bulbophyllum allenkerrii Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Racemosae Benth & Hkr 1883
TYPE Photo by Seidenfaden
Photo courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay
TYPE Drawing by Seidenfaden
Common Name Allen Kerr's Bulbophyllum [Original Collector of the type species]
Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]
Found in Laos and Thailand at elevations around 1300 to 1700 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte that has 4 angled pseudobulbs, the newer with sheaths covering the base to the leaf stem, carrying a single, apical, strong-veined, short-stalked, elliptical, leathery leaf that blooms in the summer on a basal, 2 3/4" [7 cm] long inflorescence with a floral bract that begins to cover a dense head of simultaneously opening, short-lived [3 days] flowers held at mid-leaf height.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * 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 photo not = B bittnerianum; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo not = B bittnerianum; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990
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