Bulbophyllum aureoflavum Karupp. & V.Ravich.

 Bulbophyllum aureoflavum Karupp. & V.Ravich., Taprobanica 5(2): 120, figs. 1-2 (2013).

 Bulbophyllum aureoflavum Karupp. & V.Ravich., Photos by Mathew Jose Mathew

its native range is India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).

Synonyms:

No

English name:

Description:

Lithopyte, creeping, rhizomatous herb. Rhizome ca 0.3 mm diam thick, terete, clothed with brownish hairs. Pseudobulb 1.4 x 1 cm, subglobose, brownish, 1.5–2.5 cm apart, molten shining, ribbed vertically, light greenish brown when immature. Leaf solitary; petiole short, 0.5 mm long, glabrous; blade elliptic- ovate, 5 x 1.5 cm long, light to dark green, unequally notched apically. Scape solitary, arise from base of pseudobulb; peduncle longer than leaves, up to 6 cm long, filiform, glabrous. Bracts 3 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, minutely 3- veined, glabrous. Inflorescence umbellate, 12- flowered; pedicel up to 4 mm long, glabrous. Flowers light golden yellowish, fluorescent greenish in bud; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, 0.7 mm long, minutely 3-veined, yellowish, glabrous, acuminate, hooded; lateral sepals membranous, 2 x 0.7 cm, obovoid-elliptic, transparent yellowish, inconspicuously 3-veined, connate along the dorsal margins; petals ovate, yellowish, 3-veined, glabrous, acuminate; lip prominent, 10 mm long, dialated basally; upper lip membranous, lanceolate, acuminate. Column boat-shaped, rectangular, ca 0.1 mm long; stigmatic lobes curved. Pollen mass two, attached on upper curve of stigma, bright yellow, minute, 0.1 mm. Ovary 0.5 mm long, greenish, slightly ribbed, minutely pubescent. Fruit ovoid, 1 cm long, ribbed.

Flower Size:

4x10 mm.

Distribution:

India.

Endemic to the Munnar-Devicolam Range of Western Ghats, Kerala State, India, 

Ecological:

Growing on shaded rocks at about 1200m. It is known only from the type locality.

Flowering time:

May to August.

Culture:

Type:

Collector Team:

S. Karuppusamy 1246

Locality:

Munnar, on the road to Poopara near Gap Road, rare on shaded rocks alt. 1200m

Collection Date:

12 May 2011

Type Herbaria:

holotype MH

isotype Sre Ganesan Herbarium (Madura Colleg)

Latitude:

10° 2' N

Longitude

77° 8' E

Distribution Of Types:

Kerala (India, Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)

Southern India, Kerala State, Munnar, on the road to Poopara near Gap Road, rare on shaded rocks (10o02.127′N, 77o08.256′E; alt. 1200m), 12 May 2011, S. Karuppusamy 1246 (holo: MH; iso: Sre Ganesan Herbarium at the Madura College)

Cite:

Karuppusamy, s & Vellingiri, Ravichandran. (2013). A New Orchid of the Genus Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) from Western Ghats of Southern India. TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity. 5. 10.4038/tapro.v5i2.6285.