Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 797

Type: Schlechter 14657 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

  • Bulbophyllum blephariglossum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 798
    - Type: Schlechter 16279 (holo B, lost)
  • Bulbophyllum cadetioides Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 804
    - Type: Schlechter 19642 (holo B, lost)

Epiphyte, very small. Rhizome very short. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs minute, subglobose, hardly 0.15 cm long; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, ligulate, obtuse, 2.5-5.5 by almost 0.5-1 cm in the middle; base gradually somewhat narrowed. Inflorescence 1-flowered, filiform, erect, with a few small peduncle-scales, 3-9 cm long. Flower not resupinated. Sepals lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 1.2 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, tightly connate up to the apex. Petals obliquely-lanceolate, acute, on either side minutely and densely papillose-puberulous, 0.8 cm long. Lip linear, subulate-elongate, 0.8 cm long; base with 2 auricles; above the base with a decurrent callus; margins long-ciliate, the hairs near the base with somewhat thickened apex. Column very short, glabrous; stelidia narrowly falcate-linear; column-foot short. Ovary cylindrical, sessile, 0.3 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower dark purplish red.

Epiphyte in lowland forest.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum punamense in New Guinea

Warm growing epiphyte.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 268, fig. 1026
  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 269, fig. 1028, as Bulbophyllum blephariglossum Schltr.
  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 272, fig. 1040, as Bulbophyllum cadetioides Schltr.
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Monanthes
  • Species Bulbophyllum punamense

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Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr., flower detail, centre of flower, front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 603

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 603

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr., flower, oblique front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 603

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum blephariglossum Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique lateral view, lateral sepal removed, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 603

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum blephariglossum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 269, fig. 1028

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum cadetioides Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 272, fig. 1040

Bulbophyllum punamense

Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 268, fig. 1026