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Bulbophyllum bavonis

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Identification
Bulbophyllum bavonis J.J.Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vermeulen, J.J., Bulbophyllum stolzii Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Bulbophyllum stolzii
  • Bulbophyllum bavonis

Flora

Entry for Bulbophyllum bavonis J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Bulbophyllum bavonis J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Blumea 29: 589 (1984); in Orchid Monogr. 2: 50 (1987). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 187 (1991). Type: Malawi, Misuku Hills, Mugesse (Mughese) Forest, Dowsett-Lemaire 674 (K, holotype).
Information
Epiphytic herb.Pseudobulbs borne 6–7 cm apart on a wiry rhizome 1 mm in diameter, 2-leaved, 12–30 × 8–12 mm, ovoid, 4-angled, yellow or reddish.Leaves c. 3 × 1 cm, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse.Inflorescence arching or pendent, to about 10 cm long, laxly 4–15-flowered; flowers distichous.Sepals white with purple mid-line, petals white, lip yellow.Pedicel and ovary 2–3 mm long; bracts 3 mm long.Sepals 6 × 2.5 mm, oblong or elliptic; dorsal sepal ± erect, finely papillose in the apical half; lateral sepals oblique and slightly recurved.Petals 2 × 1 mm, obovate, finely papillose towards the apex.Lip fleshy, 3–4 × 1.5 mm, oblong, obtuse, papillose on the margins, recurved near the base.Column 2.3–3 mm long; stelidia 1.2–1.6 mm long.
Habitat
Evergreen forest
Altitude range
1600–2350 m.
2350
1600
Distribution
Malawi N Misuku Hills, Mugesse (Mughese) Forest, 1700 m, fl. 3.iii.1983, Dowsett-Lemaire 674 (K); Nyika, east escarpment, Mwenembwe Forest, c. 2350 m, fl. 8.vi.1983, Dowsett-Lemaire 776 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania

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