Bulbophyllum cruciatum

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

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

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. "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. 71 (1). National Parks Board: 167–174. doi:10.26492/gbs71(1).2019-10. ISSN 0374-7859.


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