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Bulbophyllum oreonastes

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Identification
Bulbophyllum oreonastes Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vermeulen,J.J., Isotype of Bulbophyllum rhopalochilum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Bulbophyllum melinostachyum
  • Bulbophyllum unifoliatum
  • Bulbophyllum rhopalochilum
  • Bulbophyllum zenkerianum
  • Bulbophyllum fuscum
  • Bulbophyllum platirachis
  • Bulbophyllum acutebracteatum
  • Bulbophyllum oreonastes

Flora

Entry for BULBOPHYLLUM Oreonastes Reichb. 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 Oreonastes Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 118. —Rolfe in Orch. Rev. iii. 70;
BULBOPHYLLUM sp Hook. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 220;
BULBOPHYLLUM hookerianum Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 49; Gard. Chron. 1894, xv. 685; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. ii. 236.
Information
Pseudobulbs 1/2–1 in. apart, on a creeping rhizome, 4-angled, ovoid-oblong, 3/4 in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 1 1/4–1 3/4 in. long, 3–5 lin. broad, base contracted into a short petiole. Scapes suberect, arching, 2 1/2–4 in. long; racemes 1 1/2–2 in. long. Sepals ovate-triangular, acute; lateral ones slightly falcate, 1 1/2–2 lin. long. Petals subulate from a triangular-lanceolate base, nearly 1 lin. long. Lip strongly recurved, fleshy, obtuse, glabrous, 3/4 lin. long. Column very stout, 1/2 lin. long; teeth minute, acute from a broad base. Capsule ellipsoid-oblong, 3 lin. long.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea mountains at 5000 ft., Mann, 2122! Buea, 5500 ft., Preuss, 943!
Notes
Closely allied to the preceding, but differing in the shape of the petals and other characters.

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