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Bulbophyllum quinquelobum var. lancilabium

Bulbophyllum quinquelobum var. lancilabium

Bulbophyllum quinquelobum Schltr. var. lancilabium Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 806

Type: Schlechter 17344 (holo B, lost)

Differs from the typical variety in the petals having subdenticulate-irregular margins, in the lip having lateral lobes that are at the base clawed-narrowed, and in the lanceolate, acute mid-lobe. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower rose-red. Lip darker so.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 800 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum quinquelobum var. lancilabium in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

February.

  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Monanthes
  • Species Bulbophyllum quinquelobum
  • Variety Bulbophyllum quinquelobum lancilabium

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Bulbophyllum quinquelobum var. lancilabium

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