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Bulbophyllum affine Wall. ex Lindl.

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Bulbophyllum affine, Lindl
Bulbophyllum affine, Lindl
Bulbophyllum affine, Lindl
🗒 Synonyms
synonymBulbophyllum kusukusense Hayata
synonymPhyllorkis affinis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
synonymSarcopodium affine (Wall. ex Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton
🗒 Common Names
Other
  • Single Flowered Bulbophyllum
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Epiphytic herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Epiphyte. Psuedo-bulbs cylindric with thickened base, 3 to 5cm long, attached to the rhizome 2 to 3 cm apart. Rhizome long and densely rooting. Leave single, narrowly oblong, obtuse, the base narrowed, 7 to 12 cm long and 2 to 4 cm in breadth. Scape short and bracteate, producing a single flower from either the sides of the base of the pseudo-bulbs or from the rhizome between the pseudo-bulbs. Flowers pale yellow to green base with purple nerves, lip with purple margins. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate, sub-acute, five nerved, lateral pair falcate. Petals lanceolate, shorter than the sepals, three nerved. Lip shorter than the petals, lanceolate, thickened and concave at the base.
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      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      General Habitat
      Shady places,tree trunks
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        Tropical as well as sub-tropical forests, at an altitude between 450 to 4000 ft.
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          Description
          Global Distribution

          India: North West India, North East India; Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal

          Indian Distribution

          Assam

          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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            📚 Occurrence
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            📚 Demography and Conservation
            Trends
            Common
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              Legislation

              CITES Status

              Appendix II
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              📚 Uses and Management
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              📚 Information Listing
              References

              Status, threats and conservation strategies for orchids of western Himalaya, India

              Journal of Threatened Taxa
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              📚 Meta data
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              🐾 Taxonomy
              RootRoot
              KingdomPlantae
              PhylumTracheophyta
              ClassLiliopsida
              OrderAsparagales
              FamilyOrchidaceae
              GenusBulbophyllum
              SpeciesBulbophyllum affine Wall. ex Lindl.
              📊 Temporal Distribution
              📷 Related Observations
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