Bulbophyllum cruciatum J.J.Sm. 1911 SECTION Codonosiphon Schlechter 1913

Flower and Pseudobulb Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Another Flower? Photos by Wolfgang Bandisch © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

Common Name The Cross-Lik Bulbophyllum

Flower Size

Found in Papua and New Guinea on branches of primary forest trees at elevations around 200 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with squat, elliptic-conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, sub-coriaceous, elliptic-ligulate, minutely apiculate leaf that is narrowly subpetiolate below that blooms in the winter on a basal, erect, shorter than the leaf, 1/8" [3 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising on mature psuedobulbs. It is very similar to B immobile but differs in the flowers being quite a bit larger and petals of a different shape. It is often considered to be synomonous with B immobile and if true then Bulbophyllum cruciatum takes precedence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide

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