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Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 811

Type: Schlechter 19802 (holo B, lost)

Epiphyte, very small. Rhizome very short. Roots filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs minute, cylindrical, 0.15 cm high; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, oblanceolate-elliptic, minutely apiculate, glabrous, 1.5-4.5 cm by 0.5-0.9 cm above the middle; base gradually narrowed. Inflorescences 1-flowered, erect, c. 1-1.7 cm high, filiform, with a few small peduncle-scales. Floral bracts cucullate, as long as the ovary. Flower not resupinated. Sepals oblong, subobtuse, margins minutely finely ciliate. Median sepal 0.45 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, up to the apex tightly connate, 0.3 cm long. Petals subfalcate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 0.3 cm long; margins minutely finely ciliate. Lip oblong-quadrangular, 0.3 cm long; base with 2 minute auricles; in the basal third with very small, forward pointing, rounded lateral lobes; mid-lobe oblong, obtuse, with densely finely ciliate margins; midrib at the base of the lip keeled-thickened; apex incurved at the margins, densely finely warty. Column short, glabrous; stelidia falcate-lanceolate, acute, large; column-foot somewhat incurved. Ovary sessile, glabrous, 0.2 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)


Flower dark purple. Lip white at the base, with white lateral lobes.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 1200-1900 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea; see map

Distribution of Bulbophyllum verruculatum in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

June.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 275, fig. 1052
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Dendrobieae
  • Subtribe Bulbophyllinae
  • Genus Bulbophyllum
  • Section Monanthes
  • Species Bulbophyllum verruculatum

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Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Overview picture of Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr.

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 312

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flower, front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 312

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flower, oblique front view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 312

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., plant habit, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1246

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flower, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1246

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flower, lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1246

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flower detail, column and lip base, oblique lateral view, photo P. Jongejan, collection Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cult. P. Jongejan 1246

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., plant in situ, photo Gary Backhouse, from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flower, front view, photo Gary Backhouse, from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., flowers, oblique lateral view, photo Gary Backhouse, from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.

Bulbophyllum verruculatum

Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr., floral analysis, R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 275, fig. 1052