Bulbophyllum longiscapum

Bulbophyllum longiscapum Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896(110): 45 (1896).

Bulbophyllum longiscapum Rolfe; Photo by Yen CL

its native range is Solomon Islands to W. Pacific.

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum longiscapum Rolfe

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum macrolepis L.O.Williams

Bulbophyllum praealtum Kraenzl.

Macrolepis longiscapa A.Rich.

English Name:

The Long Scaped Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

With 1 3/43" between the ovoid pseudobulbs carrying the single, apical, linear-oblong, subacute leaf that blooms on a basal, slender, to 28" (80 cm) long inflorescence with a few sequentially opening flowers on a short expanding rachis occuring over several months.

Distribution:

Fiji, Marianas, Niue, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Ecological:

As a unifoliate epiphyte at elevations of sealevel to 500 meters in mangrove swamps and open forests.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

This species requires a moisture holding medium in a large pot, hot temperatures, partial shade and ample water and fertilizer.

Typus:

Herbarium:

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (P)

Collection:

New Caledonia and Vanuatu plants

Resource Type:

Photographs

Creator:

J.N. Labat

Date

n.d.

Identifier:

PDIG00002915

Collection name:

New Caledonia and Vanuatu plants

Plant name:

Bulbophyllum longiscapum Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]

Country:

VANUATU

Locality:

Sanma. Esperitu Santo, Pénaoru.

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org/n/619375-1

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:619375-1

- orchidspecies.com/coelusitana.htm.

- orchidspecies.com/bulblongiscapum.htm. 

- plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.visual.pdig00002915