antenniferum
Bulbophyllum antenniferum [Lindley] Rchb. f. 1864
SECTION Hyalosema Schlechter 1911
Common Name The Antenna Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 4 3/4" x 1 3/4" [12 x 2 cm]
Found in Java, Borneo, New Guinea, Sulawesi and the Philippines in lowland, hill and lower montane primary forests as a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte on tree trunks or on the rocks below in dappled light at elevations of 300 to 1500 meters with .6" [1.5 cm] between each obtuse angled, ovoid pseudobulb carrying a single, flat, rigid, thick, lanceolate, coriaceous, petiolate leaf that blooms on a 6 3/4" [18 cm] long, erect, single flowered inflorescence enveloped by a basalsheathing bract. This species requires hot temperatures, light shade and moist humid conditions.
Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum antenniferum Lindley 1843;
Hyalosema antenniferum (Lindl.) Rysy 2002;
Phyllorchis antennifera (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891
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