CHR 466772 B – Bulbophyllum Thouars
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 466772 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 June 2010
Database record updated:
30 June 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Bulbophyllum
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Bulbophyllum Thouars
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Orchidales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Turangi Valley, ridge leading to Te Vaakauta Ridge
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Turangi Valley, ridge leading to Te Vaakauta Ridge
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 2869/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
8 Jan 1990
Start date:
1990-01-08
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 396m
Habitat:
Steep cliff face and on adjacent branches.
Notes:
Epiphytic herb with angled stems and erect fleshy glossy erect leaves. Flowers greenish-yellow or pale yellow, held horizontally. Outer dorsal tepal c.7 mm long, broad ovate; lateral tepals, 2.7-2.9 cm, narrow elliptic. Rather scattered.Bracts 7-8 mm long, linear-laneolate. Dorsal sepal c. 8 mm long, broadly ovate-rounded, with a long apical bristle. Lateral petals 6-7 mm long, ± triangular-ovate, ciliate; labellum fleshy, c. 6 mm long, arcuate, sublinguiform, widening at the base and freely mobile by hinge on incurved column foot. Rostellum short. Column with 2 apical subulate brachia (appendages) c. 2 mm.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B, C (Spirit collection)
Spirit no.: 1-04395
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
