Bulbophyllum schimperianum Kraenzl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Bulbophyllum

Characteristics

A medium-sized epiphytic herb with a short creeping stout rhizome.. Pseudobulbs 1-leafed, ovoid or conical, 1.2–2.5 cm. long, 0.8–1.7 cm. broad, yellow.. Leaf coriaceous, suberect, oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 4.5–13.5 cm. long, 1.2–2.5 cm. broad.. Inflorescence erect, 10–33 cm. long, densely many-flowered above; peduncle and rhachis terete, relatively slender; bracts scarious, lanceolate, acute, 4 mm. long.. Flowers white or cream, ± flushed with pink.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, long-acuminate, 6–8 mm. long, 1.7 mm. broad; lateral sepals falcate, lanceolate, long-acuminate, 7–10 mm. long, 2.6 mm. broad.. Petals oblong, obtuse or subacute, 2.3–2.8 mm. long, 0.8 mm. broad, margins ± papillose.. Lip recurved, somewhat fleshy, oblong-ovate, rounded at apex, 2.6 mm. long, 1.1 mm. broad, centrally sulcate, papillose apically.. Column 0.7 mm. long; stelidia 1 mm. long, acuminate; anther-cap ovoid with a terminal papillose ridge.
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Flowers white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Bulbophyllum schimperianum world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:620114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000614787
COL ID NRVW
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Synonyms

Bulbophyllum xanthoglossum Bulbophyllum acutisepalum Bulbophyllum schimperianum