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Orchid Species: Megaclinium gilletii

Kew currently accepted name is Bulbophyllum imbricatum

Megaclinium gilletii is an orchid species identified by De Wild. in 1903. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Bulbophyllum imbricatum.
Genus
Megaclinium (Mgm.)
Grex
gilletii
Parents
Species
Author
De Wild.
Year
1903
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ORIGIN: Found from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo and Zaire at elevations of sea level to 1000 meters in lowland forests.

DESCRIPTION: Hot to warm growing epiphyte with narrowly ovoid or ovoid, slightly compressed, 3 to 4 angled, green pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 3, apical, linear or lanceolate, thick, fleshy leaves that blooms on a flattened and swollen, imbricate, brown to black, many flowered, erect to arching, 2' [60 cm] long, inflorescence with the flowers appearing out of each side of the rachis at 1/4 [6mm] intervals.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/4 inch [0.6 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb imbricatum 1841 Lindl.
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb gilletii 1921 (De Wild.) De Wild.
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb stenorhachis 1895 Kraenzl.
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb congolense 1921 (De Wild.) De Wild.
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb kamerunense 1905 Schltr.
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb laurentianum 1899 Kraenzl. ex De Wild. & T.Durand
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb ledermannii 1921 (Kraenzl.) De Wild.
Add+ Bulbophyllum Bulb strobiliferum 1889 Kraenzl.
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm congolense 1903 De Wild.
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm gillianum 1903 De Wild.
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm hebetatum 1923 Kraenzl.
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm laurentianum 1903 (Kraenzl. ex De Wild. & T.Durand) De Wild.
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm ledermannii 1912 Kraenzl.
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm strobiliferum 1897 (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Megaclinium Mgm imbricatum 1897 (Lindl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Phyllorkis Phyllorkis imbricata 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Bulb. imbricatum 'Jardin Botanique de Montreal' (1999)
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