Bulbophyllum amorosoanum
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| Bulbophyllum amorosoanum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
| Species: | B. amorosoanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulbophyllum amorosoanum Naive, M.Leon & Cootes 2017 | |
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Bulbophyllum amorosoanum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines.[1]
Plants are epiphytes with creeping terete rhizomes with ovoid to ellipsoid, unifoliate, pseudobulbs that are 2.5 – 4 mm long with a diameter of 1.9 - 2.3 mm. The pseudobulbs are covered in a papery sheath. The leaves are elliptic, glabrous with dimensions of 2–5 mm × 1.5–2 mm.
The inflorescence arises from under the pseudobulb and is 15 mm with a single orange flower. The peduncle is 11 mm long and terete. The flower has a triangular dorsal sepal 2.4 mm × 0.8 mm, ovate lateral sepals that are 3 veined and 2.7 mm × 1.3 mm, and linear petals that are 1.1 mm × 0.3 mm. The lip of the flower is narrowly tongue-like with a papillose abaxial surface. The column is 0.3 mm × 0.4 mm.[1]
Distribution
The plant is found growing moss cushions of branches and trunks of trees in deeply shaded rain forest in the Kalatungan Mountain Range at elevations between 1200 and 2100 meters.[1]
