Bulbophyllum falcatum

Bulbophyllum falcatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: B. falcatum
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum falcatum
(Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1861)
Synonyms
  • Megaclinium falcatum Lindl. (1826) (Basionym)
  • Phyllorkis falcata (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Megaclinium oxyodon Rchb.f. (1888)
  • Bulbophyllum leptorrhachis Schltr. (1905)
  • Megaclinium endotrachys Kraenzl. (1905)
  • Megaclinium hernirhachis Pfitzer (1908)
  • Megaclinium ugandae Rolfe (1913)
  • Bulbophyllum dahlemense Schltr. (1919)
  • Bulbophyllum ugandae (Rolfe) De Wild. (1921)

Bulbophyllum falcatum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family endemic to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone up to the Congo and western Uganda. It is a member of the section Megaclinium. It has rachis shaped like a wing that are about 10 cm long and 8-10 mm thick. On each side of the rachis are a row of flowers with 10-15 flowers per row. The sepals of the flowers are a dark red and the petals are extremely small and resemble a thread. Of the floral parts the dorsal sepal is the biggest being 8-9 mm long and visually the most prominent part of the flower. Towards the end of the dorsal sepal there is a yellow thicker area.

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