Species Information - Bulbophyllum singuliflorum

Bulbophyllum singuliflorum W.Kittr., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30 (1984, publ. 1985) 100 (nom.nov.)

Type: Schlechter 18762 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

• Bulbophyllum nemorosum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 884 (non Cogn.)
  - Type: Schlechter 19698 (holo B, lost)
• Bulbophyllum singuliflorum W.Kittr., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30 (1984, publ. 1985) 100 (nom.nov.)
• Bulbophyllum nubigenum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 884 ('nubigena')

Basionym: Bulbophyllum nemorosum

Epiphyte, very small, erect, 3-6 cm high. Rhizome stem-like. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs close together, cylindrical, 0.25-0.35 cm long; 1-leaved. Leaf erect or erect-patent, linear-ligulate, apiculate, 1.3-2.3 by almost 0.2-0.35 cm in the middle; base gradually somewhat narrowed. Inflorescences 1-flowered, very short, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts distinctly shorter than the ovary. Flower very small, glabrous. Pedicel and ovary, 0.4 cm long, glabrous. Sepals oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 0.23 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, apiculate, in lower fourth connate. Petals obliquely ligulate, subobtuse, almost 3 times shorter than the sepals. Lip oblong, broadly obtuse, somewhat fleshy, glabrous, 0.1 cm long. Column short, rather thick; stelidia falcate, apiculate; column-foot short.
(After Schlechter, 1913)

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