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Bulbophyllum unifoliatum subsp. flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 unifoliatum subsp. flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Orchid Monogr. 2: 156, fig. 98 (1987). Type from Tanzania.
Bulbophyllum flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 35: 436 (1980). —la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 44 (1983). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 307 (1984).
Information
Pseudobulbs up to 3.3 cm long; leaves up to 9 × 1.3 cm.Rhachis glabrous or slightly papillose, purple-brown.Flowers deep purple.Lip coarsely papillose along margins on the upper side, puberulous elsewhere except for a glabrous mid-line.Flowers of similar size to subsp. unifoliatum.
Habitat
Riverine and evergreen forest
Altitude range
1500–1600 m.
1600
1500
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe Distr., Dzalanyama For. Res., 1500–1600 m, fl. 17.xii.1982, Johnston-Stewart in la Croix 230 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 unifoliatum subsp. flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Orchid Monogr. 2: 156, fig. 98 (1987). Type from Tanzania.
Bulbophyllum flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 35: 436 (1980). —la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 44 (1983). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 307 (1984).
Information
Pseudobulbs up to 3.3 cm long; leaves up to 9 × 1.3 cm.Rhachis glabrous or slightly papillose, purple-brown.Flowers deep purple.Lip coarsely papillose along margins on the upper side, puberulous elsewhere except for a glabrous mid-line.Flowers of similar size to subsp. unifoliatum.
Habitat
Riverine and evergreen forest
Altitude range
1500–1600 m.
1600
1500
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe Distr., Dzalanyama For. Res., 1500–1600 m, fl. 17.xii.1982, Johnston-Stewart in la Croix 230 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 unifoliatum subsp. flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor J.J. Verm. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Orchid Monogr. 2: 156, fig. 98 (1987). Type from Tanzania.
Bulbophyllum flectens P.J. Cribb & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 35: 436 (1980). —la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 44 (1983). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 307 (1984).
Information
Pseudobulbs up to 3.3 cm long; leaves up to 9 × 1.3 cm.Rhachis glabrous or slightly papillose, purple-brown.Flowers deep purple.Lip coarsely papillose along margins on the upper side, puberulous elsewhere except for a glabrous mid-line.Flowers of similar size to subsp. unifoliatum.
Habitat
Riverine and evergreen forest
Altitude range
1500–1600 m.
1600
1500
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe Distr., Dzalanyama For. Res., 1500–1600 m, fl. 17.xii.1982, Johnston-Stewart in la Croix 230 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
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