Bulbophyllum affine Lindl.
in Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 48 (1830).
Synonymes
Bulbophyllum kusukuense Hayata in Ic. Pl. Form. 4: 48 (1914).
Phyllorchis affinis (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 2: 677 (1891).
Sarcopodium affine (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 1: 155 (1850).
Bulbophyllum kusukusense Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 48 (1914).
Répartition
Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Hong Kong, Inde, Laos, Népal, Ryukyu, Sikkim, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Tibet, Vietnam.
Chine : Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan.
Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Taiwan : Hsin-chu, Hua-lien, I-lan, Nan-t'ou, New T'ai-pei, P'ing-tung, T'ai-tung.
Floraison : ___AMJJ_____. Altitude de 100 à 1800 m.
Description sommaire
Plante épiphyte. Feuille unique, de 75-190 × 15-33 mm, oblongues, pétiolées. Fleurs de 1 à 2, jaunes, rouges, violettes, brunes. Sépale dorsal lancéolé, de 14-16 × 4-6 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, de 15-17 × 5-6 mm. Pétales lancéolés, ovales. Labelle lancéolé, de 8-10 × 0-2 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=36.
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