Bulbophyllum reptans (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Wall., Numer. List 1988 1829. (syn: Bulbophyllum clarkei Rchb.f.; Bulbophyllum grandiflorum Griff. [Illegitimate]; Bulbophyllum ombrophilum Gagnep.; Bulbophyllum reptans (Lindl.) Lindl.; Bulbophyllum reptans var. acuta Malhotra & Balodi; Bulbophyllum reptans var. subracemosa Hook.f.; Ione racemosa (Sm.) Seidenf.; Phyllorkis reptans (Lindl.) Kuntze; Stelis racemosa Sm.; Sunipia racemosa (Sm.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Tribrachia racemosa (Sm.) Lindl.; Tribrachia reptans Lindl.); Himalaya to Hainan as per WCSP; Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan;
India; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Plant epiphytic or lithophytic, 9-10.5cm tall; rhizome tall, wiry, sheathless, 1-2mm thick; roots from pseudobulb base, filiform. Pseudobulbs obpyriform, flattened, 1.3-2 x 1.2-1.6cm, inserted at intervals of 4-6.5cm long rhizome. Leaf 1, linear oblong,subacute, obliquely notched, 7-14.5 x 0.6-1.1cm; petiole 5mm long. Inflorescence 1 or 2, basal from pseudobulbs, shorter than leaves, racemose, la x ly few flowered; peduncle filiform, decurved, sheathed, glabrous, 1.2-7.5cm long; sheaths lanceolate, subacute, 5-6mm long; rachis filiform, glabrous, 2-9.5cm long; floral bracts oblong lanceolate, subacute, 2-7 x 1-1.5mm. Flowers 0.8-1cm long; sepals and petals yellowish green with purple spots or streaks, lip yellowish green with a red margin; pedicel and ovary glabrous, 3-3.5mm long. Dorsal sepal ovate oblong, 3 veined, subacute, margins undulate, 6-6.5 x 1.5-2mm; lateral sepals lanceolate, acute, weakly falcate, adnate to column foot, 3 veined, base broad, 7-8 x 2-3mm. Petals oblong, obtuse, 1 veined, 2.5-3 x 1-1.3mm. Lip simple, stipitate, defle x ed centrally, ape x narrowed, margins narrowly winged, e x panded and grooved at base, 3-4 x 1-1.5mm. Column c 1mm long, with 2 triangular projecting wings; stelidia filiform; foot curved, 2mm long. Fruit obovoid,ridged, long stalked, c 6 x 2mm; stalk 5mm. (Attributions- N. R. Pearce & P. J. Cribb. Orichds of Bhutan. Published by RGoB and RBGE. 2002 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
If someone can help me with the species name.. I would be very grateful. date: 27/10 2018 about 2500m Nepal in a moisty river forest Place: Numbur Trail; green track A very small orchid, growing at a tree Bulbophyllum reptans (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Wall.?? This should be Bulbophyllum reptans References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP GBIF (High resolution specimens) POWO Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons Bulbophyllum reptans (lindl.)Lindl. (Orchidaceae): a critical study Naresh Swami IOSPE PHOTOS Bhutan Biodiversity Portal |
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