Species Information - Bulbophyllum rhopalophorum

Bulbophyllum rhopalophorum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 828

Type: Schlechter 17195; 18139 (B, lost)

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Epiphyte pendulous, to 40 cm long. Rhizome stem-like, unbranched. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs 2-2.5 cm apart, minute, cylindrical, 0.5 cm long; 1-leaved. Leaf elliptic, apiculate, somewhat fleshy, 4.5-6.5 by 1.5-2 cm near the middle. Inflorescences 1-flowered, very short or rather small; scale leaves few, inconspicuous; floral bracts cucullate, apiculate, as long as the ovary. Flower glabrous. Sepals at the base ovate-lanceolate, 0.7 cm long; apex clavate-somewhat swollen. Petals obliquely elliptic, obtuse, 0.1 cm long. Lip somewhat fleshy, ovate, truncate-broadly obtuse, 0.15 cm long. Column short; stelidia triangular-lanceolate, subfalcate, acute; column-foot with the apex somewhat incurved, short. Anther cucullate, glabrous. Ovary sessile, cylindrical, glabrous, 0.1 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)

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