Species Information - Bulbophyllum zophyranthum

Bulbophyllum zophyranthum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166(2) (2014) 108

Type: Schlechter 18818 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

• Pedilochilus flavum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 691

Epiphyte, very small, c. 10-12 cm high. Rhizome short. Roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs close together, conical-cylindrical; 1-leaved, 1.5-1.8 by 0.4-0.6 cm below the middle. Leaf erect, narrowly elliptic, acute, 6-8 by 1.3-1.7 cm near the middle; base gradually narrowed in a 1.5-2 cm long petiole. Inflorescence basal, c. 4-5 cm long, wiry, with few small distant sheaths. Floral bracts ovate-cucullate, shortly acuminate, much shorter than the ovary. Pedicel and ovary very slender, glabrous, 1.5 cm long. Flower small for the genus, suberect. Sepals oblong, apiculate, glabrous, 1.1 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, somewhat broader than the median sepal. Petals ascending, slightly sigmoid-curved, obliquely oblong, shortly acuminate, glabrous, 0.7 cm long; outside with thickened midrib. Lip elliptic, slipper-shaped; base very shortly clawed; basal auricles very small, recurved, narrowly falcate-oblong, obtuse, the callus between them quadrangular, decurrent in front; margins rather thick; inside with 3 thickened nerves; apically elongated in a very small, oblong, obtuse lobule. Column short, glabrous; stelidia subulate, somewhat exceeding the basal third of the lip. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)

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