Bulbophyllum dolichoglottis

 Bulbophyllum dolichoglottis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 715 (1912).

Bulbophyllum dolichoglottis Schltr., Photo by Oron Anter

its native range is Papua New Guinea.

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum dolichoglottis Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Hapalochilus dolichoglottis (Schltr.) Garay & W.Kittr.

English Name:

The Long-Drawn Lip Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

With ovoid, obtusely 4 sided pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, glabrous, subcoriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-ligulate, obtuse and minutely apiculate, shortly and narrowly petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, filiform, single flowered inflorescence with a few, amplexicaul, obtuse, glabrous bracts and ovate, apiculate floral bracts. 

Distribution:

New Guinea.

Ecological:

On trees in forests at elevations around 700 m as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

2.0  cm.

Cultivation:

Intermediate growing epiphyte.

Typus:

Schlechter 19451 (holo B, lost; iso AMES)

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/618810-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:618810-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbdolichoglottis.htm. 

- http://www.orchidsnewguinea.com/orchid-information/species/speciescode/155

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Pleurothallis_gargantua