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Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1907) 412
Type:
Synonyms:
- Cirrhopetalum gracillimum Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1895) 34
- Type: Jarvis cult. s.n.; O'Brien cult. s.n.; Horsman cult. s.n. (syn K) - Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1907) 412
- Cirrhopetalum psittacoides Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32 (1896) 280
- Type: Ridley? s.n. (Singapore: Freshwater Isl.); Lake & Kelsall s.n. (Johore, Batu Pahat); Cantley s.n. (Malacca) - Bulbophyllum psittacoides (Ridl.) J.J.Sm., Orchid. Ambon (1905) 84
- Bulbophyllum psittacoides (Ridl.) Ridl., Mat. Fl. Malay Penins. 1 (1907) 80 (isonym)
- Bulbophyllum ruficaudatum Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 54 (1910) 50
- Type: Hewitt s.n. (Sarawak, Kuching) (holo SING) - Cirrhopetalum leratii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9 (1911) 216
- Type: Rat, le s.n. (Mt. Dzumac, N. Caledinia) - Cirrhopetalum warianum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 890
- Type: Schlechter 19215 (holo B, lost; iso K)
Basionym: Cirrhopetalum gracillimum
Epiphyte, slender. Rhizome rooting. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs 1-2 cm apart, ovoid, 4-angular, 0.7-1.3 by 0.4-0.9 cm below the middle; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, elliptic or elliptic-ligulate, obtuse, 4-7 by 1.4-2.3 cm near the middle; base weakly narrowed into a petiole. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered, umbelliform, very slender, with a few small peduncle-scales, to 35 cm long. Flowers patent. Sepals broadly elliptic, strongly acuminate. Median sepal drawn out into a bristle-hair, 0.6 cm long, margins long-ciliate. Lateral sepals oblique, glabrous, at first with connate outer margins which soon become free, c. 3 cm long. Petals lanceolate, falcate, aristate-strongly acuminate, 0.5 cm long; margins long-ciliate. Lip fleshy, curved, ovate tongue-shaped, obtuse, 0.2 cm long; upper side sparsely transverse-rugulose; underneath pitted; in front somewhat narrowed. Column short; stelidia tooth-like, short; column-foot incurved. Anther oblongoid-cucullate, glabrous. Pedicel and ovary slender, glabrous, 0.6 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)
Flower reddish. Median sepal darker so. Lip whitish.
Epiphyte in forest; 10-550 m.
Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea, Bangka, Mentawai Islands, Blitung), Thailand, Southeast Asia, Solomon Is., New Caledonia, Fiji.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea; see map
February, April.
- Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 428, as Bulbophyllum psittacoides (Ridl.) J.J.Sm.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 311, fig. 1197, as Cirrhopetalum warianum Schltr.
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 402, fig., pl.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Cirrhopetalum
- Species Bulbophyllum gracillimum
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Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, inflorescnce, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030837 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 881
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, inflorescence, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 881
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, flowers, various views, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 881
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, flower detail, column and lip, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 881
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030837 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, inflorescence, detail, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030837
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, part of inflorescence, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030837 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, centres of flower, various views, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030837 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, centres of flower, various views, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030837 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, centre of inflorescence, flowers various views, photo A. Schuiteman, Leiden cult. 914746 (de Vogel), from Brunei Darussalam
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe, P. O'Byrne, drawing
Bulbophyllum gracillimum
Cirrhopetalum warianum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 311, fig. 1197