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Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 815

Type: Schlechter 18574 (holo B, lost)

Small epiphyte. Rhizome short. Pseudobulbs 0.3-0.5 cm apart, ovoid-cylindrical, 1-1.7 cm high. Leaf erect, lanceolate-elliptic, acute, 3.5-5.5 by 0.8-1.5 cm below the middle. Inflorescences 1-flowered, short, covered with peduncle-scales. Floral bracts as long as the ovary. Flower outside minutely papillose. Sepals oblong. Median sepal obtuse, margins very minutely finely ciliate, 0.6 cm long. Lateral sepals c. 13 cm long, at the base boat-shaped-connate, extended in two very long, flaccid, filiform tails with clavate-thickened apex. Petals minute, quadrangular-suborbicular, broadly obtuse, glabrous. Lip ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 0.23 cm long; base cuneate; margins minutely and densely finely ciliate. Column very short; stelidia rhombic-acuminate; column-foot thickened, very large. Anther cucullate, glabrous. Ovary sessile, glabrous, 0.2 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower rose-red, near the base whitish. Tails of the lateral sepals white with yellow apex. Lip yellow, with red margin.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 1400-1800 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Indonesia (Tanah Papua, Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution map of Bulbophyllum inauditum

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

January, November.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 278, fig. 1062
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Monanthes
  • Species Bulbophyllum inauditum

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Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., photo Malcolm Perry, from Perry s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., habit, photo T. M. Reeve, based on Reeve 779

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., habit, photo T. M. Reeve, based on Reeve 779

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., habit, photo T. M. Reeve, based on Reeve 779

Bulbophyllum inauditum

Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 278, fig. 1062