Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum section Peltopus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 700. Type species: Bulbophyllum peltopus Schltr.

Synonyms:

  • Genus Peltopus (Schltr.) Szlach. & Marg., Polish Bot. J. 46 (2001) 115
  • Genus Bulbophyllum Section Cycloglossum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 705

Minute to rather small epiphytes. Rhizomes creeping or straggling, sometimes shortly ascending to patent (stiffly long-pendulous in Bulbophyllum subapetalum); rhizome bracts thin to thick, approx. glabrous to minutely colliculate, caducous including the veins. Roots sprouting mainly below the pseudobulbs (growing over or alongside the rhizome towards the substrate in species with ascending or patent rhizome), glabrous or slightly and minutely hirsute locally. Pseudobulbs conspicuous compared to the size of the plant, 1-leafed, with shoots sprouting at its basal node and free, not fused to the pseudobulb (sprouting from the distal half of the pseudobulb, well above its basal node, in Bulbophyllum subapetalum). Leaves persistent, thick, veins inconspicuous. Inflorescences sprouting slightly above nodes along the length of the rhizome (observed in species with an elongated rhizome only), single to fasciculate, 1-flowered. Peduncle usually longer than the pseudobulbs (shorter in e.g. Bulbophyllum brassii), peduncle bracts 2—5, scattered but most in the basal half of the peduncle. Flowers per sympodium branch 1 open at a time; floral bracts tubular; pedicel with the basal node well above the attachment of the floral bract, distinctly longer than the ovary. Sepals free, the laterals not or hardly longer than the median; 0.36—13 cm long, elliptic, (ob-)ovate to triangular, subacute to caudate, margins entire, sometimes slightly erose, glabrous to papillose or ciliate; thin, 3(—5)-nerved, surface glabrous or finely papillose to hirsute adaxially. Petals rudimentary or minute compared to the size of the flower (more conspicuous in e.g. Bulbophyllum discolor), up to 0.5 cm long when present, elliptic to (ob-)ovate, deltoid to (inverted) triangular, rounded to acuminate, glabrous to ciliate, thin, 1-nerved (3-nerved in Bulbophyllum concavibasalis); margins entire to erose. Lip mobile on a thin ligament, without auricles near the ligament, undivided, 0.07—2.1 cm long, orbicular, elliptic, oblong, (ob-)ovate to triangular, (c. crescent-shaped in Bulbophyllum origami), margins entire to erose, glabrous to papillose, ciliate or with elongated papillae; adaxially usually with an inconspicuous to distinct cavity immediately above the ligament (basal cavity absent in Bulbophyllum cycloglossum, Bulbophyllumkenae), with two converging ridges, knobs or teeth (basal teeth), together forming a transverse wall with a notch half-way, separating it from the rest of the lip, distally to this wall often with a second cavity, sometimes bordered by two parallel to distinctly converging ridges in approx. flexural position (sometimes proximally fused to a distinct median ridge), adaxial surface glabrous to papillose or pubescent (with coarse elongated papillae in Bulbophyllum ortalis); abaxial surface glabrous to papillose (partly ciliate in Bulbophyllum kenae). Column with rostellum front drawn out into a distinct, beak-like projection; stigma large, without keels inside,at the base protruding or not; column foot with the free part short to very long; usually just short of the ligament with a (distinct) median tooth which fits into the basal cavity of the lip; stelidia rudimentary; anther with a low or high, rounded crest, in front not or slightly concave, front margin usually not drawn out; pollinia 4, with the outer 2 as long as the inner ones or longer; with a single small stipes (easily lost).


New Guinea, West Pacific.

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus contains 32 accepted taxa (43 names); in New Guinea 32 taxa.

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  • Vermeulen, J.J., A taxonomic revision of Bulbophyllum sections Adelopetalum, Lepantanthe, Macrouris, Pelma, Peltopus, and Uncifera (Orchidaceae) Orchid Monographs 7 (1993) I-VI, 1-324, 6 plates.
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Peltopus

In Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus the joint between the lip and the column foot is similar to that in Bulbophyllum section Pelma. Bulbophyllum subapetalum J.J. Sm. has flowers characteristic for the section but is aberrant in having a pendulous rhizome and the young shoots sprouting near the top of the pseudobulb.

Bulbophyllum section Peltopus contains the following 33 species and 1 variety:

Bulbophyllum adolinae
Bulbophyllum aechmophorum
Bulbophyllum algidum
Bulbophyllum alveatum
Bulbophyllum ankylochele
Bulbophyllum aphanopetalum
Bulbophyllum artostigma
Bulbophyllum bliteum
Bulbophyllum brachypetalum
Bulbophyllum brassii
Bulbophyllum calviventer
Bulbophyllum concavibasalis
Bulbophyllum cycloglossum
Bulbophyllum discolor
Bulbophyllum discolor subsp. cubitale
Bulbophyllum hiljeae
Bulbophyllum inciferum
Bulbophyllum kenae
Bulbophyllum lophoton
Bulbophyllum minutipetalum
Bulbophyllum octarrhenipetalum
Bulbophyllum origami
Bulbophyllum ortalis
Bulbophyllum patella
Bulbophyllum peltopus
Bulbophyllum plicatum
Bulbophyllum ptychantyx
Bulbophyllum reevei
Bulbophyllum rhodoleucum
Bulbophyllum scutiferum
Bulbophyllum subapetalum
Bulbophyllum thelantyx
Bulbophyllum triaristella


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Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum aechmophorum J.J.Verm., plant habit, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20010234

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum aechmophorum J.J.Verm., flower, oblique lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20010234

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum calviventer J.J.Verm., flower detail, column and lip, oblique front view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20030400

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr., flower detail, centre of flower, oblique front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1564

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr. subsp. cubitale J.J.Verm., flower, front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 231

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum reevei J.J.Verm., flower detail, lip base, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1327

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum rhodoleucum Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 976

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum rhodoleucum Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1098

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum sp. sect. Peltopus, plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, Leiden cult. 20798

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum sp. sect. Peltopus, flower detail, column and lip, front view, sepals and petals removed, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Garden Kew, Leiden cult. 2079

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum reevei J.J.Verm., plant habit and flower analysis, J.J. Vermeulen, drawing

Genus Bulbophyllum section Peltopus

Bulbophyllum fractiflexum J.J.Sm., flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 200310902 (de Vogel & Vogel) from Papua New Guinea, Central Prov.