Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, Hamer & Siegerist

 Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, Hamer & Siegerist, Lindleyana 10(3): 177 (1995), nom. nov., as 'o'byrnei': (1995).

Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay
Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay
Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay
Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay
Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, Hamer & Siegerist; Photos by Jeffrey Champion

its native range is Papua New Guinea

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay

Synonym:

Osyricera ovata F.M.Bailey

English Name:

Description: 

Rhizomes somewhat nodulose, slender, more or less covered by thin, almost transparent scales. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate,coriaceous, 1 by 0.6 cm. Peduncles erect, filiform, 1.2 cm long, enlarged at the base in a cluster of transparent bracts. Flowers 0.6 cm diam., sepals and petals acuminate. Lip strongly glandular-hairy.   

Distribution:

New Guinea.

Ecological:

Epiphyte in lower montane forest. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

6 mm.

Cultivation:

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

Type:

Copland King s.n. (British New Guinea, Ambasi) (holo BRI)

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