Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum

Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Brazil.

Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species:
B. cogniauxianum
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum
(Kraenzl.) J.J.Sm. 1912
Synonyms

Cirrhopetalum cogniauxianum Kraenzl. 1905

Description

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The rhizome thin, the bulbs are fairly distant from each other, conical, subterete, with a 2 cm high base and 1 cm thick monophylls. Leaves unifoliate at the base short-petiolate linear-oblong obtuse apex bilobed thick coriaceous 6-7 cm long 1-1.3 cm wide, scape with thin sheaths short, apex bearing a umbel with few flowers(3-6), minute lanceolate bracts scarcely shorter than the short ovaries. scarcely connate, pointed, carinate in the middle, with a small curved triangular label above the furrowed base, and on both sides slightly auricled anteriorly, not produced in the process: the foot of the column is very curved and arched. Column short not brachiate, stele short sharp, androclinium deeply excavated Flowers dirty purple, dorsal sepal 4 mm, petals 3.5 mm long, dorsal sepal 3 mm, petals 1.5-2 mm wide, lateral sepals 1 cm long 2 mm wide, labellum 1.25 mm long.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Just, J.L.; Koehne, E.; Geyler, H.T.; Fedde, F.K.G.; Schumann, K.M. (1906). Just's botanischer jahresbericht: Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder (in German). Gebr. Borntraeger. p. 86. Retrieved 2023-06-19.