Bulbophyllum cruciatum

Bulbophyllum cruciatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	B. cruciatum
Binomial name
	Bulbophyllum cruciatum; J.J.Sm. 1911
Synonyms
	Hapalochilus cruciatus (J.J.Sm.) Garay & W.Kittr. 1985 publ. 1986; Bulbophyllum immobile Schltr. 1913; Bulbophyllum mutatum J.J.Sm. 1916; Hapalochilus immobilis (Schltr.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1995; Hapalochilus mutatus (J.J.Sm.) Garay & W.Kittr. 1985 publ. 1986;

Bulbophyllum cruciatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Papua, Papua New Guinea, Seram Island, and Maluku Islands.^[1]^[2]

Description

Plants are epiphytes with creeping rhizomes. Pseudobulbs grow close together and are obtuse and conically depressed, green to dark purple and 1.25-1.5 × 1.9-2.4 cm with a single leaf. Leaves are lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, and 11 × 2.8-3.6 cm. The plant blooms from the base of the pseudobulb on a 0.4 cm long peduncle with a single purple and white flower. The flower is crossed shape 1.8 × 1.5 cm. The dorsal sepal is erect, lanceolate 0.83 × 0.24 cm. The lateral sepals are slightly de-flexed, obliquely oblong-ovate and 0.85 × 0.4 cm. The petals are small, ovate-lanceolate, and 0.2 cm long.^[1]

Flower

Distribution

Plants are found growing in the warm lowland forest of New Guinea at elevations between 5–1100 meters.

References

^ ^a ^b "Largest online collection of New Guinea orchids". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ Mustaqim, W.A.; Astuti, I.P. (2019-06-28). "New and noteworthy orchid records from Buru Island, Maluku Archipelago". Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 71 (1). National Parks Board: 167–174. doi:10.26492/gbs71(1).2019-10. ISSN 0374-7859.

External links

Media related to Bulbophyllum cruciatum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Bulbophyllum cruciatum at Wikispecies

[Orchids_of_New_Guinea_e566-1] "Largest online collection of New Guinea orchids". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[Mustaqim_Astuti_2019_pp._167–174-2] Mustaqim, W.A.; Astuti, I.P. (2019-06-28). "New and noteworthy orchid records from Buru Island, Maluku Archipelago". Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 71 (1). National Parks Board: 167–174. doi:10.26492/gbs71(1).2019-10. ISSN 0374-7859.

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