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Bulbophyllum xanthotes

Bulbophyllum xanthotes

Bulbophyllum xanthotes Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 799

Type: Schlechter 19831 (holo B, lost)

Epiphyte, slender. Rhizome very short. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs conical-cylindrical, 0.5-0.7 by 0.2-0.3 cm; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, oblanceolate-ligulate, apiculate, glabrous, 2.5-6 by 0.5-1 cm above the middle; base gradually narrowed into a petiole. Inflorescence 1-flowered, c. 7 cm long, wiry, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts cucullate, almost 3 times shorter than the ovary. Flower not resupinated. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 1.7 cm long. Median sepal with sparsely finely ciliate margins. Lateral sepals oblique, glabrous, to below the apex with tightly connate margins. Petals obliquely broadly elliptic, subacute, on either side densely puberulous, 0.35 cm long. Lip lanceolate, acute, 0.55 cm long; base with 2 minute auricles; midrib keeled; margins long and densely ciliate. Column very short; stelidia rhombic-falcate, top apiculate, with a very small posterior tooth. Anther helmet shaped-cucullate, glabrous. Ovary cylindrical, sessile, glabrous, 0.4 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower golden yellow.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 900 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum xanthotes in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

June.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 269, fig. 1029
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Monanthes
  • Species Bulbophyllum xanthotes

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Bulbophyllum xanthotes

Bulbophyllum xanthotes Schltr., flower, oblique lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Champion cult. s.n., from Tanah Papua, without locality

Bulbophyllum xanthotes

Bulbophyllum xanthotes Schltr., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Champion cult. s.n., from Tanah Papua, without locality

Bulbophyllum xanthotes

Bulbophyllum xanthotes Schltr., flower, lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Champion cult. s.n., from Tanah Papua, without locality

Bulbophyllum xanthotes

Bulbophyllum xanthotes Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 269, fig. 1029