Bulbophyllum triviale Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Racemosae Benth & Hkr.f 1883

plant and flower

Photos by Tripetch P.

TYPE Drawing

TYPE Drawing by Seidenfaden

Common Name The Three Lobed Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Thailand at elevations around 1950 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with close set, dark, globular pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate, acute, sessile leaf that blooms on a basal, peduncle .4" [1 cm] long, rachis .4" [1 cm] long, 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence with floral bracts that are much longer than the pedicel and ovary.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 as B sp #77 GT 2821 pg 420 drawing fide; * Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; Phytotaxa 369 (1) Averyanov etal 2018: New species of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae)

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