Prev Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Piestobulbon
Current Genus: Genus Bulbophyllum section Polymeres
Next Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Schistopetalum
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 789
Type: Schlechter 17963 (holo B, lost; iso K); 19780 (para B, lost); 20078 (para B, lost)
Synonyms:
Epiphyte, very small. Rhizome very short. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs oblongoid, 0.15-0.2 cm high; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, ligulate, subobtuse, glabrous, 0.7-2 by 0.25-0.35 cm near the middle; base gradually somewhat attenuate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, 1.5-2.5 cm long, very thin, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts minute, much shorter than the ovary and pedicel. Flower erect. Sepals at the base ovate, aristate-narrowly acuminate, glabrous, 0.45 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, hardly broader than the median sepal. Petals obliquely lanceolate-ligulate, obtuse, subfalcate, glabrous, 0.18 cm long. Lip aristate-elongated, curved, somewhat fleshy, about as long as the sepals; base quadrangular. Column short, glabrous; stelidia subulate; column-foot incurved. Anther helmet shaped-cucullate, umbonate, glabrous. Pedicel and ovary very slender, glabrous, 0.6-0.7 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)
Flower light yellow with brown stripes. Petals purplish brown-red. Lip light brown.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 800-2250 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
April, June, July, August, September.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 265, fig. 1013
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 428, fig.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Polymeres
- Species Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
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Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Overview picture of Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr.
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 222
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., flower, oblique front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 222
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., flower, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 222
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 222
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 222
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete, P. O'Byrne, drawing
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 265, fig. 1013
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 17963 (isotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete
Bulbophyllum quadrichaete Schltr., detail of herbarium sheet, Schlechter 17963 (isotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew