Species Information - Bulbophyllum flavum

Bulbophyllum flavum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 853

Type: Schlechter 19479 (holo B, lost; iso AMES, BO, L)

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Epiphyte, pendulous, to 15 cm long. Rhizome slender, flexuose, with distant, acuminate sheaths. Roots at the base of the stem, filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs minute, cylindrical, hardly 0.2 cm long; 1-leaved. Leaf ligulate, apiculate, 1-2 by 0.25-0.5 cm near the middle; base slightly narrowed. Inflorescences 1-flowered, very short, covered with a few peduncle-scales. Floral bracts cucullate, surpassing the ovary. Sepals lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, 0.3 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely oblong-ligulate, obtuse, glabrous, 0.13 cm long. Lip fleshy, curved, broadly elliptic, strongly obtuse, 0.15 cm long; base above with a grooved swelling. Column very short; stelidia short, obliquely rhombic, subobtuse; column-foot slightly incurved. Anther cucullate, glabrous. Ovary sessile, glabrous, 0.1 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)

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