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Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indi 5 (1853) 488
Type: Bogor cult. (Java, Mt. Salak) (holo BO)
Synonyms:
- Phyllorchis membranacea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 677
- Bulbophyllum avicella Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32 (1896) 270
- Type: Ridley 2361 (Singapore, Bajan); s.n. (S., Kranji); (S., Toas) (SING?) - Bulbophyllum nuruanum Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 212
- Type: Schlechter 13800 (holo B, lost) - Bulbophyllum gibbonianum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56 (1921) 483
- Type: Ledermann 14549 (holo B, lost; photo of type AMES, BISH) - Bulbophyllum ciliatoides Seidenf., Nordic J. Bot. 5 (1985) 159, fig. 3, pl. 1b
- Type: Copenhagen cult. (GT 7600) s.n. (holo C; iso L, Leiden cult. 21777); para: SF (Henderson) 23435
Epiphyte, small, creeping, to 8 cm high. Rhizome elongated, terete, glabrous, densely covered with tightly clasping sheaths. Roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs laxly spaced, depressed-ovoid, about terete, glabrous, c. 1 by 0.6-0.7 cm above the base; 1-leaved. Leaf linear-ligulate subobtuse, narrowed towards the base, weakly petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous, 5-7 by 0.7-0.8 cm near the middle. Inflorescences 1-flowered, terete, glabrous, with few sheaths, pseudobulbs as long as the rhizome. Floral bracts ovate, shortly acuminate, shorter than the ovary, glabrous. Flowers rather small in the genus, erect. Sepals erect, oblong, obtuse, or subobtuse, glabrous, 0.6 cm long. Lateral sepals subfalcate-oblique. Petals obliquely oblong, acuminate, glabrous, hardly longer than 0.2 cm. Lip fleshy, narrowly lanceolate-tongue-shaped, obtuse; keels thickened, at the base of the lip parallel, in the middle of the lip merging. Lip in total 0.25 by almost 0.1 cm above the base; above entirely rugulose- and verruculose- punctate; underneath smooth. Column short; stelidia arcuate-porrect, subulate, hardly surpassing the anther. Anther cucullate. Ovary shortly pedicellate, glabrous, subclavate, 0.8 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1905)
Median sepal pink. Lateral sepals dark purple. Petals white. Lipdark carmine-red with yellow apex.
Epiphyte in rain forest; 10-2700 m.
Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea), Thailand, Solomon Islands.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea; see map
January, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, December.
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 465Description.
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1911) fig. 356
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 794, as Bulbophyllum nuruanum Schltr.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 267, fig. 1022, as Bulbophyllum nuruanum Schltr.
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 464, fig.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Monanthaparva
- Species Bulbophyllum membranaceum
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Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Overview picture of Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn.
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 173
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 173
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flowers, various views, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 173
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flower, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 173
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flower detail, column and lip, lateral view, lateral sepal and petal removed, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 173
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031065 (de Vogel & Vogel) from Papua New Guinea, Central Prov.
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flower, front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031065 (de Vogel & Vogel) from Papua New Guinea, Central Prov.
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flower, oblique front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031065 (de Vogel & Vogel) from Papua New Guinea, Central Prov.
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flower, oblique lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031065 (de Vogel & Vogel) from Papua New Guinea, Central Prov.
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. & Binn., flower, lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20031065 (de Vogel & Vogel) from Papua New Guinea, Central Prov.
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum nuruanum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 267, fig. 1022
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum, P. O'Byrne, drawing
Bulbophyllum membranaceum
Bulbophyllum membranaceum, N. Howcroft, drawing, plant habit and flower analysis