Bulbophyllum bolivianum
A small creeping Bulbophyllum from Bolivia, with thick rhizomes, tiny pseudobulbs about 2 cm tall each carrying one leaf 8–11 cm long, and a 25 cm spike of several narrow-petalled flowers. It is known almost entirely from herbarium specimens collected by R. S. Williams in 1902 around Apolo (La Paz) at about 1,500 m, one of them labelled as growing on rock. Almost nothing is recorded about its habitat or culture, so these recommendations are inferred from that single elevation and from the genus.
Where it grows wild
Recorded as an epiphyte, and one herbarium label says it was growing on rock. The collection area around Apolo lies in the seasonally humid foothills on the eastern slope of the Bolivian Andes, where forest mixes with drier open vegetation. No detailed habitat notes exist.
Wikipedia and the specimen labels give about 1,524 m (5,000 ft). No other elevations are recorded.
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