Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
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Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl. (1830)
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
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Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Plant forming a spreading mat up to 10 cm. or more diam. Rhizomes threadlike, firmly fixed to substratum by ∞ roots of similar size; pseudobulbs c. 3–5 mm. diam., globose, rugose, becoming much wrinkled with age; lf arising from the top within a slightly prominent circular rim. Lf-lamina c. 4–10 × 2–4 mm., oblong-ovate to almost orbicular, obtuse, minutely scabrid adaxially, prominently keeled abaxially; petiole us. very short, sts = ½ lf-length. Fl. solitary; peduncle from base of pseudobulb, c. 2.5 mm. long at fl., elongating later; floral bract whitish, membr., campanulate; pedicel and ovary hairy. Per. 1.5–2 mm. long, white. Sepals minutely hairy, dorsal shorter than laterals. Petals broad, almost meeting behind column. Labellum ovate-oblong, obtuse, ± thickened, roofing over pouch formed by lateral sepals and column-foot. Column barely as long as its foot; wing not exceeding anther.
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Bulbophyllum ichthyostomum Colenso
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
Dendrobium pygmaeum Sm.
Ichthyostomum pygmaeum (Sm.) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy
Ichthyostomum pygmaeum (Sm.) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy
Ichthyostomum pygmaeum (Sm.) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy
Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (Sm.) Lindl.
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1 January 2000
9 April 2015