Bulbophyllum cruciatum
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Largest online collection of New Guinea orchids". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. ↑ Mustaqim, W.A.; Astuti, I.P. (2019-06-28). "New and noteworthy orchid records from Buru Island, Maluku Archipelago". Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. National Parks Board. 71 (1): 167–174. doi:10.26492/gbs71(1).2019-10. ISSN 0374-7859.


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