Prev Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Macrouris
Current Genus: Genus Bulbophyllum section Minutissima
Next Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Monanthaparva
Bulbophyllum lemnifolium
Bulbophyllum lemnifolium Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 793
Type: Schlechter 18029 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
Epiphyte, very small, long creeping. Rhizome strongly elongated, filiform. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs 1-2.5 cm apart, subglobose, 0.05-0.1 cm wide. Leaf erect, orbicular, 0.3-0.5 cm long and wide, broadly obtuse or minutely apiculate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, c. 1 cm long, setiform, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts very small, cucullate, half as long as the ovary. Flower glabrous. Sepals ovate, 0.2 cm long, obtuse. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals suborbicular, obtuse, oblique, 0.08 cm long. Lip oblong, 0.1 cm long, obtuse, fleshy, curved, obtuse; at the base in the middle slightly minutely pitted. Column very short, glabrous; stelidia obliquely triangular, subobtuse; column-foot somewhat incurved. Anther helmet-shaped-cucullate, umbonate, glabrous. Ovary sessile, cylindrical, glabrous, 0.05 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)
Flower greenish yellow.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 1000-2600 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
July.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 267, fig. 1021
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Minutissima
- Species Bulbophyllum lemnifolium
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Bulbophyllum lemnifolium
Overview picture of Bulbophyllum lemnifolium Schltr.
Bulbophyllum lemnifolium
Bulbophyllum lemnifolium Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 267, fig. 1021