Bulbophyllum luciphilum Stévart 2000 SECTION Megaclinium G A Fischer & J J Verm in prep. Photo © by Vincent Droissart and The Orchidaceae of Central Africa WebSite

Common Name Alina's Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in Sao Tome and Principe in forests at elevations around 1150 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with .4 to 2.8" [1 to 7 cm] between each ovoid to ellipsoid, more or less 4 angled pseduobulb carrying 2 apical, oblong-elliptic, rounded, subsessile leaves that blooms in the winter on a basal, to 16.2" [to 40.5 cm] long, rachis not flattened, rather dense, glabrous, subsecund, to 25 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute, more or less as long as the pedicel and ovary floral bracts.

Similar to and often cited as a synonym of B saltatorum this species differs in the hairs on the lip apex are distinctly longer than the entire lip, flattened and widened to appear as laminae than hairs. The petals are as long as the sepals and the stelida are obviously dentate on the upper margins.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Of West Central Africa Vol 2 Szlachetko, Ejsmont, Baranow, Grochocka, Nowak, Margonska and Naczk 2015 drawing fide

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