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Bulbophyllum obyrnei
Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, Hamer & Siegerist, Lindleyana 10 (1995) 177
Type: Copland King s.n. (British New Guinea, Ambasi) (holo BRI)
Synonyms:
- Osyricera ovata F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 19 (1907) 273
- Type: Copland King s.n. (British New Guinea, Ambasi) (holo BRI)
Basionym: Osyricera ovata
Rhizomes somewhat nodulose, slender, more or less covered by thin, almost transparent scales. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate,coriaceous, 1 by 0.6 cm. Peduncles erect, filiform, 1.2 cm long, enlarged at the base in a cluster of transparent bracts. Flowers 0.6 cm diam., sepals and petals acuminate. Lip strongly glandular-hairy. (After Bailey, 1907)
Peduncle purplish. Flower deep-purple.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
October.
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 466, fig.[B. microblepharon auct. non Schltr.: O'Byrne] Description.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Monanthes
- Species Bulbophyllum obyrnei
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Bulbophyllum obyrnei
Bulbophyllum obyrnei J.J.Sm. cf., flower, front view, cult. and photo by Jeffrey Champion, from Indonesia, Tanah Papua, without locality
Bulbophyllum obyrnei
Bulbophyllum obyrnei J.J.Sm. cf., plant habit, cult. and photo by Jeffrey Champion, from Indonesia, Tanah Papua, without locality
Bulbophyllum obyrnei
Bulbophyllum obyrnei J.J.Sm. cf., flower, oblique lateral view, cult. and photo by Jeffrey Champion, from Indonesia, Tanah Papua, without locality
Bulbophyllum obyrnei
Bulbophyllum obyrnei cf., N. Howcroft, drawing, plant habit and flower analysis
Bulbophyllum obyrnei
Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, H, P. O'Byrne, drawing