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Orchid Species: Bulbophyllum minutipetalum
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Bulbophyllum minutipetalum is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1913.
ORIGIN: Found in Papua New Guinea as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte at elevations up to 2000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Papua New Guinea as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte at elevations up to 2000 meters with subcylindric pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ligulate, acute, glabrous leaf with the base narrowly subpetiolate that blooms in the winter and spring on a 2 to 2 3/4 [5 to 7 cm] long, basal, single flowered inflorescence that holds the wide open flower below the leaves. This species grows in deep shade annd needs cool to hot temperatures, a moisture holding medium and regular fertilizer to grow well in captivity.
FLOWER SIZE: 5/8 inch [1.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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