Bulbophyllum pungens Schltr. 1913 SECTION Oxysepala Bentham & J D Hook.f. 1883
Photoby © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photoby © J.B. Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Stinging Pointed Leaf Bulbophyllum [refers to the leafs sharp apex]
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in Java and New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 1000 to 2300 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, warm to cold, pendent growing epiphyte with .4 to 1" [1 to 2.5 cm] between each small, cylindrical, adpressed to the rhizome pseduobulb carrying a single, apical, subulate to lanceolate-ligulate, pungent-acute apically, narrowing below into the narrow, subpetiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on very short, all along the rhizome, single to rarely 2 flowered inflorescence with cucullate, two times as long as the ovary floral bracts
Synonyms Bulbophyllum pungens var. pachyphyllum Schltr. 1913; Bulbophyllum scotiifolium J.J. Sm.1918; Bulbophyllum subulifolium Schltr. 1913;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85 drawing good; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85 as Bulbophyllum pungens var. pachyphyllum; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85 as B subulifolium drawing good; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as B scotiifolium photos fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as B scotiifolium;
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