Bulbophyllum forestii Seidenf.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Bulbophyllum

Characteristics

Rhizome creeping, ca. 4 mm in diam. Pseudobulbs 1-2 cm apart on rhizome, ovoid, 2-3 cm, 1-2 cm in diam., with a terminal leaf. Petiole 2-3 cm; leaf blade oblong, 15-25 × 1.3-2.8 cm, thickly leathery, base contracted into petiole, apex obtuse and slightly emarginate. Scape from base of pseudobulb, yellowish green, densely spotted with purple, erect, to 15 cm, slender; raceme shortened, umbel-like, 10-flowered; peduncle sparsely with 3 or 4 membranous sheaths; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, ca. 1 cm. Pedicel and ovary yellow, 1-1.8 cm. Flowers yellow, with purplish red spots on lip. Dorsal sepal ovate, concave, 7-10 × ca. 4 mm, apex subobtuse; lateral sepals lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm, outer surface minutely papillate, base adnate to column foot and twisted above it, their upper and lower edges connate to each other forming a lanceolate tube, apex acuminate. Petals ovate-triangular, 2-3 × 1.5-2 mm, margins irregularly denticulate, apex acute; lip recurved, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, strongly narrowed above middle, base attached to end of column foot by a mobile joint, margin decurved and ± minutely papillate, apex obtuse. Column short; column foot curved, with free part ca. 2 mm; stelidia shortly subulate, ca. 0.5 mm; anther cap with irregularly incised margin. Fl. May-Jun.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Bulbophyllum forestii world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:618964-1
WFO ID wfo-0000498944
COL ID NQWJ
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Synonyms

Cirrhopetalum aemulum Rhytionanthos aemulus Bulbophyllum forestii