Bulbophyllum striatum

Bulbophyllum striatum (Griff.) Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 257 1861. (syn: Bulbophyllum striatitepalum Seidenf.; Dendrobium striatum Griff.; Phyllorkis striata (Griff.) Kuntze; Sarcopodium striatum (Griff.) Lindl.);
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Nepal to China (SE. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Common name: Striped Bulb-Leaf Orchid
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Plant epiphytic, 10-13cm tall; rhizome woody, slender; roots arising from nodes, wood like. Pseudobulbs obpyriform to ovoid, rugose, inserted at intervals of 2-6cm long rhizome, purple, 0.9-1.3 x 1-1.5cm(tall). Leaf 1, from Pseudobulb ape x , coriaceous, elliptic, ape x retuse, many veined, green, purple blotched below, 3.8-8 x 1.5-2.9cm(blade) petiole 2.5-4cm long. Inflorescence shorter than leaves, subumbellate to shortly racemose, erect, strongly recurved at base, arising from pseudobulb base or nodes of rhizome, 2 to 4 flowered; peduncle slender, sheathed, 5-8cm long; basal sheaths tubular, 5-6mm long, upper ones distant, lanceolate, acute, 4.5 x 1.5-2mm; rachis 0.5-1cm long; floral bracts linear, acute, 2.5-3 x 0.4-0.6mm. Flowers 1-1.5cm across; sepals and petals greenish yellow with dep red purple striations, lip green with purple veins and reticulations; pedicel and ovary slender, glabrous, erect, 0.8-1.1cm long. Sepals subequal, broadly lanceolate, subacute, 5 veined, spreading, 0.7-1 x 0.25-0.4cm. Petals lanceolate, subacute, 3 veined(the central strongest), 4-6 x 1.5-2mm. Lip ovate lanceolate, strongly recurved at base, simple, 7-8 x 2-3mm, base with 2 small,oblong, erect, auriculate lobules. Column slender, strongly curved, c 3mm long; foot c 4mm long. Fruit ovoid obovoid, long stalked, 1.5-1.6 x 0.6-0.7cm; stak 1-1.5cm long.
(Attributions: N. R. Pearce & P. J. Cribb. Orichds of Bhutan. Published by RGoB and RBGE. 2002 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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