Prev Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Piestobulbon
Current Genus: Genus Bulbophyllum section Polymeres
Next Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Schistopetalum
Bulbophyllum polyphyllum
Bulbophyllum polyphyllum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 841
Type: Schlechter 20063 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
Epiphyte, spreading, c. 20 cm long. Rhizome stem-like, covered with sheaths. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs crowded, subparallel to the rhizome, cylindrical, 0.5-0.7 by 0.2-0.3 cm; 1-leaved. Leaf narrowly elliptic-ligulate, apiculate, 4.5-5 by 0.8-1.1 cm near the middle. Inflorescences 1-flowered, fascicled, short, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts very small, distinctly shorter than the ovary. Sepals oblong, apiculate, glabrous, 0.33 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely oblong-ligulate, strongly obtuse; margins somewhat irregular. Lip fleshy, oblong, tongue-shaped, obtuse, 0.2 cm long; base subcordate; in apical half somewhat narrowed; underneath except the base and the middle covered with subulate papillae. Column short; stelidia long subulate, distinctly exceeding the middle of the lip. Anther quadrangular-cucullate, glabrous. Ovary pedicellate, glabrous, 0.35 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)
Flower whitish with dark red spots. Lip deep carmine red.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 800 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
July, September.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 289, fig. 1109
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Polymeres
- Species Bulbophyllum polyphyllum
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Bulbophyllum polyphyllum
Bulbophyllum polyphyllum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 289, fig. 1109