Bulbophyllum humbertii Schltr. 1922 SECTION Ploiarium Schlechter 1925
Photos by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar
Photos by Bob Fallon Copyright © courtesy ofthe Dr Leslie Garay Archives
TYPE Drawing by Copyright ©, Schlechter and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz
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Common Name Humbert's Bulbophyllum [French Orchid Collector in Africa early 1900's]]
Flower Size
Found in Madagascar in humid, evergreen forests at elevations around 1700 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 1.2" [3 cm] between each ovoid-conical pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical leaves that blooms in the late spring on a 10" [25 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagaascar Perrier 1939/81; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo good
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