Prev Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Piestobulbon
Current Genus: Genus Bulbophyllum section Polymeres
Next Taxon: Genus Bulbophyllum section Schistopetalum
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 830
Type: Schlechter 17863 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
- Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. var. ctenopetalum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 831
- Type: Schlechter 19515 (holo B, lost; iso K)
Epiphyte, pendulous, to 40 cm long. Rhizome stem-like, hardly branched. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs 2-6 cm apart, conical-cylindrical, 3-4.5 by 0.4-0.7 cm below the middle; 1-leaved. Leaf lanceolate-ligulate, acuminate, 8-13 by 1.7-2.2 cm near the middle; base narrowed. Inflorescences 1-flowered, short, with a few small peduncle-scales, 0.8 cm long. Floral bracts apiculate, much shorter than the pedicellate ovary. Sepals lanceolate, subobtuse, 0.9 cm long, in the middle the margins minutely and densely finely ciliate. Lateral sepals oblique, lower margin finely ciliate. Petals obliquely rhombic-lanceolate, subacute, 0.5 cm long; margins more or less irregular. Lip somewhat fleshy, tongue-shaped, obtuse, 0.7 cm long; base subcordate, minutely clawed; above the base on either side papillose; above tricallose; underneath longitudinally pitted. Column short; stelidia subulate; column-foot somewhat incurved. Ovary shortly pedicellate, glabrous, 0.5 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)
Flower dark purple. Petals lighter, spotted red. Lip at the base white.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 500-1300 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea; see map
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
January, February, March, April, May, June.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 284, fig. 1089
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 450, fig.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
- Genus Bulbophyllum
- Section Polymeres
- Species Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr belongs in series C.
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Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. aff., flower, oblique front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20080195 (Ex coll. Hort. NCBG, Port Moresby), locality not known
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. aff., plant habit, photo E.F. de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20080195 (Ex coll. Hort. NCBG, Port Moresby), locality not known
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. aff., flower, front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20080195 (Ex coll. Hort. NCBG, Port Moresby), locality not known
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. aff., flower, oblique lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20080195 (Ex coll. Hort. NCBG, Port Moresby), locality not known
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. aff., flower, lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20080195 (Ex coll. Hort. NCBG, Port Moresby), locality not known
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr., J.J. Vermeulen, drawing, plant habit and flower analysis, based on Jongejan 120 (L)
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 284, fig. 1089
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon
Bulbophyllum chaunobulbon Schltr. var. ctenopetalum Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 19515 (isotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew