Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 751

Type: Schlechter 19671 (holo B, lost; iso K)

Epiphyte, small, 7-10 cm high. Rhizome very short. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs very small, ovoid, 1-1.5 by 0.7-1 cm below the middle; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, oblong-elliptic, obliquely apiculate, glabrous, 3.5-8.5 by 1-2.7 cm in the middle; base narrowed into a 0.5-1.5 cm long petiole. Inflorescence laxly 2-3-flowered, erect, short, with a few small, distant peduncle-scales, to 7 cm high. Floral bracts elliptic-cucullate, shortly acuminate, more than two times shorter than the ovary. Flowers erect-patent, glabrous. Sepals lanceolate-elliptic, acuminate, outside keeled, 1.7 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely lanceolate, acute, 0.7 cm long. Lip somewhat fleshy, ovate-lanceolate, tongue-shaped, obtuse, 1.2 cm long; base narrowed, with an ovate thickening with two keels at the base; margins recurved; upper side entirely covered with many conical teeth. Column short; stelidia lanceolate-falcate, acute, ascending; column-foot ascending. Anther ovoid-lanceolate, cucullate, glabrous. Ovary subsessile, cylindrical, glabrous, 0.9 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flowers yellow-green with red-brown markings.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 1300-1800 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

June, September.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 247, fig. 945
  • Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 14, 3 (1929) 474, t. 78, fig. 120
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Intervallatae
  • Species Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

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Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 247, fig. 945

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum Schltr., floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, from Doorman 36

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum Schltr., habit, drawing J.J. Smith, from Doorman 36

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum

Bulbophyllum sarcodanthum Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 19671 (isotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew