Bulbophyllum transarisanensis Hayata 1916 SECTION Leopardinae Bentham 1883
Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders
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Common Name The Bulbophyllum from the other side of Mt. A Li Shan
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
Found in Taiwan at elevations of 1500 to 2500 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte that requires semi-shade and has close set, ovoid pseudobulbs and a single apical, elongate oblong, obtuse to acute, contracted into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms in the summer on a 2.8" [7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence enveloped by widely cupped sheaths.
Cited as a synonym of Bulbophyllum pectinatum, visually they are very similar.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum pectinatum var. transarisanense (Hayata) S.S. Ying 1996; Bulbophyllum viridiflorum Hayata 1912
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. 2: 139-140. Hayata 1912 as B viridiflorum; Native Orchids of Taiwan Lin 1975 drawing fide/photo fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001
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