Prev Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Cirrhopetalum
Current Genus: Genus Bulbophyllum section Codonosiphon
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Bulbophyllum stellula
Bulbophyllum stellula Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 182
Type: Kloss s.n. (Camp 6a, 3100 ft.) (holo BM)
Synonyms:
- Hapalochilus stellula (Ridl.) Garay & W.Kittr., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30 (1985) 191 (57)
Herb, very small. Pseudobulbs close together, cylindrical; base somewhat thickened, rugose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, lanceolate, 1.5 by 0.5 cm; to the base narrowed; above grooved; shortly petiolate. Inflorescence filiform, 3 cm long. Floral bracts tubular, cylindrical, with an acute tooth, 0.2 cm long, appressed to the ovary. Median sepal lanceolate, acuminate, 0.7 cm long. Lateral sepals similar tor, wider, 0.1 cm wide. Petals ovate, subulate, half as long as the column. Lip elongated, linear-oblong, obtuse, 0.7 cm long; base with silky white hairs. Column long, curved, the base winged; column-foot short; clinandrium with dentate margins; stelidia oblong, broadly dentate. Pedicel and ovary 0.5 cm long. (After Ridley, 1916)
Not recorded.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 759 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua (Indonesia); see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Codonosiphon
- Species Bulbophyllum stellula
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Bulbophyllum stellula
Overview picture of Bulbophyllum stellula Ridl.
Bulbophyllum stellula
Bulbophyllum stellula Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 182, J.J. Vermeulen, sketch, flower analysis, based on Kloss s.n. (Camp 6a, 3100 ft.) (holo BM)