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Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 184
Type: Kloss s.n. (Camp 6a, 3100 ft.) (holo BM)
Synonyms:
Rhizome slender, branched, 4 cm long; sheaths thin, lanceolate, acuminate, falling off, 0.5 cm long. Pseudobulbs close together, ascending, cylindrical, 0.2 cm long; base dilated. Leaves grass-like, linear, flaccid, obtuse, 2.5 by 0.1 cm. Inflorescence filiform, 1-flowered, 2-2.5 cm long. Floral bract funnel-shaped; blade lanceolate, elongate, 0.2 cm long. Median sepal lanceolate, acuminate, acute, 0.7 by 0.1 cm. Lateral sepals lanceolate, oblong, 0.9 by 0.3 cm; base connate; top acute. Petals lanceolate, oblong, acute, 0.2 cm long. Lip with a short claw; blade fleshy, curved, tongue-shaped; apex decurved, acute, subterete; base winged, in the middle grooved. Column-foot moderately long, a third of the lenth of free top part of the column; stelidia erect, oblong, rounded. Anther pileiformis; apex obtuse, conical. Pedicel and ovary filiform, 0.7 cm long; ovary somewhat dilated. (After Ridley, 1916)
Sepals yellow, Petals at apex and midrib purple lip purple.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 759 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Polymeres
- Species Bulbophyllum gramineum
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Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., flower, oblique front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., plant habit, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., flower, front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., flower, view from above, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., flower, lateral sepal and petal removed, oblique lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., flower, lateral sepal and petal removed, oblique front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., flower, median and lateral sepals and petal removed, lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031543 (Harris), from Papua New Guinea, Gulf Prov.
Bulbophyllum gramineum
Bulbophyllum gramineum Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 184, J.J. Vermeulen, drawing, plant habit and flower analysis, based on Kloss s.n. (Camp 6a, 3100 ft.) (holo BM)