Bulbophyllum rosemarianum

Bulbophyllum rosemarianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	B. rosemarianum
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum rosemarianum C. S. Kumar, P. C. S. Kumar & Saleem

Bulbophyllum rosemarianum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Description

It is an epiphyte with 1-leaved pseudobulbs on creeping rhizomes. The pseudobulbs are pale yellow-green, 1.7–3.5 cm long and 1.1–1.6 cm wide, and are spaced out along a thick, wiry stem. The leaves are 5–18 cm long and 1.6–3.2 cm wide, standing upright, oblong, thick, and fleshy with a deep groove in the middle, tapering to a short petiole at the base and blunt at the tip. The flower stalk grows from the base of the pseudobulb, is pale green, longer than the leaves, and is 5.5–9.2 cm long. It has 4 cup-like sterile bracts and a short flower cluster (4–5 cm) of pale yellow flowers that smell like ripe jackfruit or mango.

This belongs to the Section Racemosae Benth & Hook.f. and is related to B. rufilabrum Par. & Rchb.f., but different in having erect, non-geotropic leaves, truncate-angulate, acute dorsal sepal, broad-based, oblique, falcate-aristate petal and yellow lip with brown papilla throughout except the median furrow.

References

• The Bulbophyllum-Checklist
• The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

External links

• Media related to Bulbophyllum rosemarianum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Bulbophyllum rosemarianum at Wikispecies