Cirrhopetalum pseudopicturatum Garay 1999

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright ©, and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives

Flower Size 1 2/5" [3.5 cm]

Common Name The False C. picturatum Cirrhopetalum

A small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte from Burma and Thailand likes an ample water supply. This species has been commonly mislabeled as C picturatum and differs in the size of the flowers and the broadly triangular-ovate petals that have a blunt apex and are never hirsute.

Synonyms Cirrhopetalum picturatum some authors other than Lodd. 1840

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001;

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