Species Information - Bulbophyllum grammopoma

Bulbophyllum grammopoma J.J.Verm., Rheedea 1 (1991) 72, fig. 3

Type: Jongejan cult. 1578 = Leiden cult. 26068 (holo L, alc. only)

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Rhizome creeping, 0.15-0.4 cm; all rhizome scales slightly shorter to longer than the internodes. Roots in tufts below each pseudobulb. Pseudobulbs ovoid, 0.8-3.5 cm apart, 0.8-2 by 0.4-1.5 cm, not flattened. Petiole 0.8-1.5 cm. Leaf blade elliptic, 6.5-11 by 0.3-1.5 cm, index 6-22; tip obtuse to acute. Inflorescence 11.5-46 cm, 7-35-flowered; peduncle 7.8-27 cm, bracts 3-4. the longest 0.4-1.2 cm. Rachis erect or arching, 3.8-19 cm. Floral bracts elliptic, 0.25-0.4 cm; tip acute. Pedicel and ovary 0.45-0.9 cm, with the node 0.1 cm from the floral bract. Ovary glabrous. Flowers all open time, moderately opening. Median sepal elliptic, 0.55-0.9 by 0.36-0.65 cm, index 1.2-1.8; tip acun-1inate, margins glabrous or slightly erose, rather thin; surface glabrous. Lateral sepals connate or with the lower, margins (sparsely) touching, oblique, ovate, 1.6-2.4 by 0.2-0.4 cm, index 4.4-8; tip acute, glabrous; otherwise as the median sepal. Petals oblique, ovate to elliptic, 0.2-0.4 by 0.15-0.32 cm, index 1.2-1.4; tip rounded to acute, margins glabrous or slightly erose; rather thin; surface glabrous. Lip curved, general outline ovate, 0.22-0.38 by 0.13-0.22 cm, index 1.5-2 (not spread); tip obtuse to acute, thick, glabrous; adaxially concave towards the base, with an inconspicuously median ridge, with 2 other ridges converging in front in the basal half; abaxially with a distinct, retuse median ridge. Column from ovary to the tip of the stelidia 0.15-0.3 cm; stigma with a distinct tooth at its base, subtriangular. Column-foot without accessories. Stelidia subulate, 0.06-0.12 cm; tip acute. Anther abaxially with a ridge towards its base; front margin not protruding. Pollinia 2. (After Vermeulen, 1993)

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