Bulbophyllum
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Authority
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Epiphytes with subglobose to elongate-pyriform, frequently angulate pseudobulbs often widely spaced on creeping rhizome. Leaves 1 or 2 per pseudobulb, coriaceous. Inflorescences erect to arching racemes, spikes or umbels from bases of pseudobulbs.Flowers few to many, usually inconspicuous, bracteate, shortly pedicellate to sessile; sepals subsimilar, free or with lateral sepals fused and adnate to prominent column foot; petals often much smaller than lateral sepals, with entire, ciliate or fimbriate margins; lip simple or 3-lobed, fleshy, arcuate-recurved, movably articulate to column foot; column short, erect, with pair of wings apically, footed; pollinia 4 in 2 pairs, waxy.