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Orchid Species: Bulbophyllum ecornutum
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Bulbophyllum ecornutum is an orchid species identified by (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. in 1914.
ORIGIN: Found in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Bali and Java in podosol forests or shrubby forests as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing unifoliate epiphyte in shrubby forests on limestone hills occurring at elevations of 400 to 1300 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing unifoliate epiphyte in shrubby forests on limestone hills occurring at elevations of 400 to 1300 meters with a woody rhizome with 1.6 [4 cm] between each, ovoid, pale green pseudobulbs subtended by a scarious sheath and carrying a single apical thin, linear-lanceolate leaf that is conduplicate below and where it blooms on a 1 1/8 to 2 7/8 [3 to 7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence occurring in the fall with fragrant flowers that smell of grapes. Best grown cool to warm and given partial shade and high humidity, with regular water and fertilizer.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 to 1.2 inches [2 to 3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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