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Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 713

Type: Schlechter 19460 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

  • Hapalochilus fasciatus (Schltr.) Garay & W.Kittr., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30 (1985) 187 (53)

Epiphyte, small, 11-17 cm high. Rhizome short. Roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs conical-cylindrical, 2-3 by 0.4-0.55 cm below the middle; 1-leaved. Leaves erect, elliptic-ligulate, obtuse, minutely apiculate, glabrous, coriaceous, 8-12 by 1.5-2 cm near the middle; base gradually weakly narrowed into a petiole. Inflorescences 1-flowered, basal, erect, slender, filiform, 5-6.5 cm long; with few very small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts elliptic, apiculate, clasping, much shorter than the slender pedicellate ovary. Flower erect or suberect. Sepals reflexed, lanceolate-ligulate, subacute, glabrous, 3 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, hardly wider than the median one. Petals minute, falcate-oblong, broadly obtuse, 0.15 cm long; front margin at the base with an obtuse, enlarged lobule; back margins at base obtuse, angular. Lip ligulate, obtuse, convex, glabrous, 2.5 by 0.65 cm in the middle when flattened; base minutely and shortly concave, auriculate; underneath hollow. Column rather thick, slightly incurved, with widened base; stelidia short, shortly 3-lobulate; column-foot absent. Anther reniform-cucullate, apiculate, umbonate, glabrous. Pedicel and ovary slender, glabrous, c. 3.5 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)


Flower white, outside tinged red. Lip white with one whitish yellow and two brown-red median stripes.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 600 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum fasciatum in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

May.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 232, fig. 880
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Codonosiphon
  • Species Bulbophyllum fasciatum

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Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Overview picture of Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr.

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 632

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., flower, lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 632

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., flower, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 632

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 632

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 632

Bulbophyllum fasciatum

Bulbophyllum fasciatum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 232, fig. 880