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Bulbophyllum gravidum

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Identification
Bulbophyllum gravidum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Bulbophyllum monticolum Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Bulbophyllum cochleatum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vermeulen, J.J.,
Related name
  • Bulbophyllum cochleatum
  • Bulbophyllum gravidum
  • Bulbophyllum monticolum

Flora

Entry for BULBOPHYLLUM gravidum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
BULBOPHYLLUM gravidum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 126.
BULBOPHYLLUM monticolum Hook. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 219; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 13.
Information
Pseudo-bulbs 1–4 in. apart on a slender creeping rhizome, narrowly ovate-oblong, 1–1 3/4 in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse or emarginate, 3–4 1/2 in. long, 2–3 lin. broad. Scapes erect, 4 1/2–8 in. high; spike 1/2–1 1/4 in. long. Bracts distichous, ovate-oblong, subacute, carinate, concave, imbricate, 4 lin. long. Dorsal sepal triangular-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, 3 lin. long; lateral ones similar, but slightly narrower. Petals lanceolate-linear, acute, straight, glabrous, 1 lin. long. Lip reflexed from the base, spathulate-ligulate, obtuse, flat, 2 1/2 lin. long; margin densely ciliate; base narrow and scarcely auriculate. Column 1/2 lin. long; teeth subulate, acute, 1/2 lin. long.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea (ex Durand & Schinz).Fernando Po Upper Guinea 3000 ft., on trees, Mann, 650!
Notes
I cannot find a single character to separate B. monticolum, Hook. f.

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