Species Information - Bulbophyllum longiflorum

Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars, Hist. Orchid. (1822) t. 97

Type: Thouars s.n. (Mauritius) (holo P; iso L)

Synonyms:

• Phyllorchis longiflora (Thouars) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 675
• Cirrhopetalum longiflorum (Thouars) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33, 2 (1915) 420
• Epidendrum umbellatum G.Forst., Ins. Austral. Prodr. (1786) 60
  - Type: Forster 171 (holo K; iso P)
• Cymbidium umbellatum (G.Forst.) Spreng., Pl. Min. Cog. Pugill. 2 (1815) 82
• Cirrhopetalum umbellatum (G.Forst.) Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy. (1832) 71
• Phyllorchis umbellata (G.Forst.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 675
• Cirrhopetalum umbellatum (G.Forst.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33 (1925) 253 (isonym)
• Zygoglossum umbellatum Reinw., Syll. Ratisb. 2 (1828) 5
  - Type: Reinwardt s.n. (holo L)
• Cirrhopetalum elegans Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 24 (1862) 310
  - Type: Bogor cult. (Teijsmann) s.n. (Moluccas)
• Bulbophyllum insulare J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 25 (nom. nov.)
• Cirrhopetalum clavigerum Fitzg., J. Bot. 21 (1883) 204
  - Type: Fitzgerald s.n. (Australia, Cape York) (holo BM)
• Bulbophyllum clavigerum (Fitzg.) F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. Pl. Suppl. 1 (1884) 3
• Phyllorchis clavigera (Fitzg.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 677
• Bulbophyllum clavigerum (Fitzg.) Dockrill, Orchadian 1 (1964) 106 (isonym)
• Cirrhopetalum pulchrum N.E.Br., Ill. Hort. 33 (1886) 139, t. 608
  - Type: Companie Continentale d'Horticulture, Gand cult. s.n. (Moluccas, Halmahera)
• Bulbophyllum pulchrum (N.E.Br.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 27
• Cirrhopetalum stragularium Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. (1887, II) 186; 214
  - Type: Bull cult. 1005 (no locality)
• Bulbophyllum stragularium (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 28
• Cirrhopetalum layardii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 44 (1894) 210
  - Type: Layard s.n.
• Bulbophyllum layardii (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 25
• Cirrhopetalum koordersii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1899) 128
  - Type: Koorders 29566 (holo K)
• Bulbophyllum koordersii (Rolfe) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 25
• Bulbophyllum trisetum Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C, 7 (1912) 142
  - Type: For. Bur. (Bacani) 15899 (holo AMES)
• Cirrhopetalum kenejianum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 889
  - Type: Schlechter 18462 (holo B, lost); para: Schlechter 19042 (B, lost)

Epiphyte, creeping. Rhizome rooting. Roots filiform, glabrous. Pseudobulbs obliquely ovoid, 4-angular, 1.5-2.3 by 0.8-1.3 cm below the middle; 1-leaved. Leaf erect, oblong-ligulate, obtuse, 11-18 by 2.2-3.6 cm near the middle; base gradually narrowed into a short petiole. Inflorescence erect, slender, with a few small peduncle-scales, to 24 cm high. Inflorescence 7-12-flowered, umbelliform. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, many times shorter than the pedicellate ovary. Median sepal orbicular, including the apical thread 1.4 cm long; apex sparsely ciliate; apical thread antenna-like swollen, very long. Lateral sepals oblique ligulate, subacute, glabrous, 3.3 cm long; outer margins connate. Petals obliquely falcate-lanceolate, 0.9 cm long; margins with irregular subulate cilii; apex extended into a bristle-hair. Lip curved, fleshy, lanceolate-tongue-shaped, obtuse, glabrous, 0.7 cm long; base quadrangular; in basal half on upper side 2-ribbed. Column short; stelidia at the base obliquely rhombic, aristate, falcate; column-foot incurved. Anther helmet shaped-cucullate, in front notched, glabrous. Pedicel and ovary slender, glabrous, c. 1.6 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1913)

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