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Bulbophyllum mannii

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Syntype of Bulbophyllum mannii Hooker f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bulbophyllum delitescens Hance [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bulbophyllum cochleatum Lindl. var. brachyanthum (Summerh.) J.J.Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Holotype of Bulbophyllum mannii Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Bulbophyllum vulcanicum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bulbophyllum delitescens Hance [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bulbophyllum cochleatum Lindl. var. cochleatum [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bulbophyllum delitescens Hance [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bulbophyllum cochleatum Lindl. var. cochleatum [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Bulbophyllum mannii Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Bulbophyllum cochleatum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Bulbophyllum vulcanicum
  • Bulbophyllum cochleatum
  • Bulbophyllum bequaerti
  • Bulbophyllum brachanthum
  • Bulbophyllum mannii

Flora

Entry for BULBOPHYLLUM Mannii Hook. f. [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 Mannii Hook. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 218.
Information
Pseudobulbs 1–2 1/2 in. apart on a stout rhizome, elongate, subterete, gradually narrowed upwards, 3–3 1/2 in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves oblong-linear, subobtuse, 4 1/2–7 in. long, 5–10 lin. broad. Scape erect, 1 1/4–2 1/4 ft. high; spike dense, 3 1/2–4 in. long. Bracts distichous, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, carinate, concave, imbricate, 4–5 lin. long. Dorsal sepal triangular-lanceolate, attenuate upwards and acute, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, 2 1/2–3 lin. long; lateral ones similar, but narrower. Petals subulate-linear, acute, erect, subfalcate, glabrous, 1 lin. long. Lip spathulate-ligulate, obtuse, strongly ciliate, flat, 2 lin. long; base not auriculate; disc with a narrow central keel. Column 1/3 lin. long; teeth subulate, acute, 1/3 lin. long.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Cameroon Mountains, 4000–5000 ft., Mann, 1337! 2111!

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