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Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., S. Sci. Rec. 1 (1881) 173
Type: Betche s.n. (Samoa, Apia Mts., lower regions) (holo MEL)
Synonyms:
- Bulbophyllum perductum J.J.Sm., Orchid. Java (1905) 451
- Type: J.J. Smith s.n. (Groeda) (holo BO; iso L) - Bulbophyllum finetianum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39 (1906) 83
- Type: Schlechter 15416 (holo B, lost; iso K, L, LE, NSW, P, S, Z) - Bulbophyllum atroviolaceum H.Fleischm. & Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 85 (1910) 261, pl. 2, fig.8
- Type: Rechinger 105; 441; 1824 (W) - Bulbophyllum dasyphyllum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 834
- Type: Schlechter 17735 (holo B, lost; iso AMES, BO, K, all '17734'); para: Schlechter 18034 (K); 19025 (B, lost) - Bulbophyllum ceratostyloides Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 187
- Type: Kloss s.n. (Camp 6a, 3100 ft.) (holo BM) - Bulbophyllum ponapense Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56 (1921) 484, fig. 2
- Type: Ledermann 13447; 13517 (B, lost) - Bulbophyllum perductum J.J.Sm. var. sebesiense J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 5 (1922) 93
- Type: Docters van Leeuwen cult. 6232 (Sumatra, Sebesi I.) (holo BO) - Bulbophyllum desmanthum Tuyama, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 54 (1940) 262, fig. 6
- Type: Hatusima Field no. 4585 (holo TI)
Epiphyte, erect, 8-17 cm high. Rhizome stem-like, covered with sheaths. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs cylindrical, parallel to the rhizome, close together, 0.5 by 0.125-0.15 cm; 1-leaved. Leaf erect-patent, linear-ligulate, obliquely apiculate, somewhat fleshy. 2.5-3.5 by 0.3-0.6 cm near the middle; base narrowed. Inflorescences 1-flowered, short, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts very small, much shorter than the ovary. Flower often cleistogamous. Sepals oblong, acute, glabrous, 0.35 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, front margin somewhat dilated. Petals obliquely oblong-ligulate, broadly obtuse, glabrous, 0.15 cm long. Lip obliquely oblong-ligulate, obtuse, carnose, 0.28 cm long; to the apex somewhat narrowed; underneath very shortly papillose-puberulous. Column short; stelidia subulate, hardly reaching the middle of the lip; column-foot almost straight, short. Anther helmet shaped-cucullate, glabrous. Ovary shortly pedicellate, glabrous, 0.5 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)
Flower golden yellow. Petals light yellow with a violet spot at the apex.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 600-1000 m.
Malesia (New Guinea), Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
April, May, July, December.
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1911) fig. 343, as Bulbophyllum perductum J.J.Sm.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 286, fig. 1097, as Bulbophyllum dasyphyllum Schltr.
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 468, fig.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Polymeres
- Species Bulbophyllum betchei
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Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Shearman cult. 20090152 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, Madang Prov.
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, Shearman cult. 20090152 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, Madang Prov.
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., flower, photo P. Jongejan, based on Jongejan 114
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Shearman cult. 20090152 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, Madang Prov.
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., flower, lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, Shearman cult. 20090152 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, Madang Prov.
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., flower detail, photo P. Jongejan, based on Jongejan 114
Bulbophyllum betchei
Overview picture of Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell.
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei, P. O'Byrne, drawing
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum betchei F.Muell., J.J. Vermeulen, sketch, flower analysis, based on Kloss s.n. (Camp 3) (holo BM), type of Bulbophyllum ceratostyloides Ridl.
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum dasyphyllum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 286, fig. 1097
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum dasyphyllum Schltr., herbarium sheet, probably isotype specimen, Schlechter 17734 (=probably 17735) (BO, probably isotype specimen)
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum dasyphyllum Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 17735 (isotype specimen K, labelled as '17734'), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum dasyphyllum Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 18034 (paratype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Bulbophyllum betchei
Bulbophyllum perductum J.J.Sm., herbarium sheet, J.J. Smith s.n. (Groeda) (isotype L)