Bulbophyllum samoanum Schltr.

Bulbophyllum samoanum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 107 (1911).

Bulbophyllum samoanum Schltr., Photo by Sofie Rifayani Krisnadi

Bulbophyllum samoanum Schltr., Photo by Jeffrey Champion

its native range is Papua New Guinea to SW. Pacific

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum samoanum Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum christophersenii L.O.Williams

Bulbophyllum umbraticola Schltr.

English Name:

The Samoan Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

With a creeping rhizome giving rise to clustered pseudobulbs carrying an oblong, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf and blooms in the late spring on a basal, single flowered, 7 to 12 cm long inflorescence. 

Distribution:

Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu.

Ecological:

This hot to warm growing unifoliate epiphyte at elevations of 300 to 900 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late spring.

Flower size:

1.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

Type:

Christophersen, E. [2297], Samoa K000867041 isotype

Vaupel 546 (holo B, lost)