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Bulbophyllum maijenense

Bulbophyllum maijenense

Bulbophyllum maijenense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 842

Type: Schlechter 17914 (holo B, lost; iso K)

Epiphyte, erect or spreading, 7-13 cm long. Rhizome stem-like, covered with sheaths. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs cylindrical, close together, subparallel to the rhizome, 0.6-0.9 by 0.3-0.4 cm below the middle. Leaf sublanceolate-ligulate, minutely apiculate, gradually narrowed towards the base, 4-6 by 0.7-1.2 cm above the middle. Inflorescences 1-flowered, short, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts very small, apiculate, much shorter than the ovary. Sepals lanceolate-oblong, acute, glabrous, 0.6 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely oblong-ligulate, obtuse, glabrous, 0.18 cm long. Lip fleshy, obovate-oblong, strongly obtuse, 0.3 cm long; base with 2 minute auricles; underneath except base and apex very minutely papillose-puberulous; above in basal half 2-ribbed. Column short; stelidia subulate, acute, reaching the middle of the lip. Anther quadrangular-cucullate, glabrous. Ovary shortly pedicellate, glabrous, 0.4 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower brownish red. Sepals with orange-golden apex, inside striped darker. Lip dark red with orange-yellow apex.

Epiphyte in lowland forest; 50 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum maijenense in New Guinea

Warm growing epiphyte.

July.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 290, fig. 1113
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Polymeres
  • Species Bulbophyllum maijenense

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Bulbophyllum maijenense

Bulbophyllum maijenense Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 290, fig. 1113

Bulbophyllum maijenense

Bulbophyllum maijenense Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 17914 (isotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew