Bulbophyllum intersitum 'Marion' CBR/AOS Vermuellen 1993 SECTION Peltopus Schltr. 1913 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Dan Newman Of Hanging Gardens
Common Name The Interposed Bulbophyllum [refers to this species being inbetween B discolor and B octarrhenipetalum]
Flower Size 1/4" [6.5 mm]
Found in Papua New Guinea in rainforests at elevations of 1000 to 3300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with ovoid, close set pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and fall on a basal, 1.6 to 3.4" [4.5 to 8 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with tubular, acute to acuminate floral bracts.
Synonyms Peltopus intersitus ( J.J.Verm. ) Szlach. & Marg. 2002
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 4 2006 photo;
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