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Bulbophyllum trachybracteum

Bulbophyllum trachybracteum

Bulbophyllum trachybracteum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 826

Type: Schlechter 19087 (holo B, lost; iso K)

Epiphyte with stem-like, scarcely branched, slender, pendulous rhizome to 35 cm long. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs compressed, narrowly ellipsoid, appressed to the rhizome, 2.5-3.5 long; 1-leaved. Leaf broadly ovate to suborbicular, apiculate, 0.7-1 by 0.5-0.8 cm at or below the middle. Inflorescences 1-flowered, very small, sheaths papillose, acuminate, inconspicuous. Floral bracts acuminate, papillose-rough, as long as the ovary. Flower erect-patent. Sepals elliptic, acuminate, glabrous, 0.55 cm long; the lateral ones oblique. Petals obliquely oblong-ligulate, apiculate, glabrous. 0.35 cm long. Lip ovate-lanceolate, eciliate, hardly 0.35 cm long; base slightly narrowed in a claw, with a rather inconspicuous callus; margins slightly incurved; apex obtuse. Column short; stelidia falcate-ligulate, obliquely apiculate; column-foot straight, very long. Anther helmet shaped-cucullate, glabrous. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous, hardly longer than 0.1 cm. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower dark carmine-red, white to the base.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 1200 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum trachybracteum in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

January.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 282, fig. 1081
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Polymeres
  • Species Bulbophyllum trachybracteum

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Bulbophyllum trachybracteum

Bulbophyllum trachybracteum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 282, fig. 1081

Bulbophyllum trachybracteum

Bulbophyllum trachybracteum Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 19087 (isotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew