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Bulbophyllum longiflorum

Bulbophyllum Orchid

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bulbophyllum Orchid

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Societies; n. to Guam; s. to Australia.

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land, mountains (+++), Epiphyte

KEY FEATURES: A chain of one-leaved pseudobulbs, usually on trees (an epiphyte). Pseudobulbs conical to 4x2cm. Leaf erect, thick, to 15x3cm. Flower-stalk to 30cm, thin. Flowers 6-8, on long stalks, cream-yellow, 3cm long, canoe-shaped.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: -
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+++
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Northern Group: -
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars.
SYNONYMS: Cirrhopetalum thouarsii [incl. GW]; Cirrhopetalum umbellatum; Cymbidium umbellatum; Epidendrum umbellatum; Bulbophyllum clavigerum; Bulbophyllum sp. [sensu TC]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); LILIIDAE; Orchidales; ORCHIDACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
Special Reference: Detailed in Lewis & Cribb (1989) Orchids of Vanuatu, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; and in Smith (1991) Flora Vitiensis Nova, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kauai.

p.175 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.5/488 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.297 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.36 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04a, zD02

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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