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Bulbophyllum mahonii

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Name

Identification
Bulbophyllum mahonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Bulbophyllum mahonii

Flora

Entry for Bulbophyllum josephi Kuntze Summerh. [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 josephi Kuntze Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 11: 250 (1945); in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 234 (1968). —Vermeulen in Orchid Monogr. 2: 67 (1987) as “josephii”. —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 190 (1991). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 335 (1992). Type from Cameroon.
Phyllorchis josephi Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 676 (1891).
Bulbophyllum mahonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1906: 32 (1906). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 47 (1970). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 138 (1977). —Ball, S. Afr. Epiph. Orch.: 72 (1978). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 310 (1984). Type: Malawi, Mulanje Mt., c. 1200 m, fl. v.1899, Mahon s.n. (K, holotype).
Bulbophyllum amanicum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 382 (1914). Type from Tanzania.
Bulbophyllum winkleri Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Orchis 8: 132, t. 3/8–15 (1914), non Schltr. (1906). Type from East Africa.
Bulbophyllum schlechteri De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Pl. Bequaert. 1: 120 (1921). Type as for B. winkleri.
Bulbophyllum sennii Chiov. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Atti. R. Acad. Ital., Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 57 (1940). Type from Ethiopia.
Bulbophyllum josephi var. mahonii Rolfe J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 56: 232 (1986) as “josephii”.
Information
Epiphytic herb.Pseudobulbs set close together on the rhizome, 1-leafed, up to 30 × 15 mm, ovoid, slightly flattened, sometimes obscurely angled, dark maroon-red or greenish-brown, the surface pitted like orange peel.Leaf erect, stiff, 8–13 × 1.5–2 cm, elliptical, minutely 2-lobed at the apex.Inflorescence arching or pendent; peduncle c. 5 cm long, rhachis 12–20 cm long, fairly densely many-flowered, the flowers ± secund, not opening widely.Flowers white, the sepals sometimes purple or orange-vermilion at the tips, the lip white or yellow; sometimes with a strong fruity scent, sometimes scentless.Pedicel and ovary 3–4 mm long, bracts 4–5 mm long, whitish or brownish.Dorsal sepal 5–7 × 1–2 mm, narrowly triangular, acute, lateral sepals slightly larger and broader.Petals 2–3 × 1 mm, oblong, minutely papillose.Lip 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, recurved, ovate, glabrous or papillose.Column c. 1 mm long, stelidia c. 1 mm long.
Habitat
Brachystegia woodland and submontane evergreen forest
Range
tropical Africa
Altitude range
1050–1900 m.
1900
1050
Distribution
Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., fl. iv.1969, G. Williamson 22 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Vumba Mts., 1500 m, fl. iii.1949, Wild 2804 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Nyika Nat. Park, top of path to Chisanga Falls, 1900 m, fl. 23.iv.1982, la Croix 337 (K).Mozambique Z Gurué, c. 1200 m, fl. viii.1979, Schäfer 6884 (K; LMU).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Mt. Soche, c. 1500 m, fl. 16.iii.1965, Morris 61 (K).Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., c. 1500 m, fl. 12.iv.1967, Grosvenor 383 (K; SRGH).
Notes
This species is named after Sir Joseph Hooker.

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