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Bulbophyllum longisepalum
Bulbophyllum longisepalum Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 3 (1895) 105
Type:
Synonyms:
- Hyalosema longisepalum (Rolfe) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 27 (1919) 130
Basionym:
Although the name is valid, this species was never described in any detail. Rolfe only remarked that the plant illustrated by Reichenbach f. in Lindenia 3 (1887) t. 108 as Bulbophyllum grandiflorum Blume differed from the real B. grandiflorum in the longer sepals, and should be given the name B. longisepalum. We agree that it is a distinct species.
Sepals cream-coloured, heavily tessellated with red-purple.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Hyalosema
- Species Bulbophyllum longisepalum
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Bulbophyllum longisepalum
Overview picture of Bulbophyllum longisepalum Rolfe
Bulbophyllum longisepalum
Bulbophyllum longisepalum Rolfe, coloured plate (as Bulbophyllum grandiflorum Blume), from Lindenia 3 (1887) pl. 108, photo Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, http://orchid.unibas.ch
Bulbophyllum longisepalum
Bulbophyllum longisepalum Rolfe, flower, oblique lateral view, photo M. Perry, based on Perry 330