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Bulbophyllum acutiflorum
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Bulbophyllum acutiflorum A. Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 15: 18. t. 7. 1841; Rao, Cons. Wild. Orch. Kodagu W. Ghats 193. 1998; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 77. 1998; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 167. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 786. 2009.
Cirrhopetalum acutiflorum (A. Rich.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 779. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1421(993). 1928.
Cirrhopetalum albidum Wight, Ic. t. 1653. 1851.
Bulbophyllum albidum (Wight) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 757. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1418(992). 1928; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 168. 2004.
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Description:
Epiphytic herbs; rhizome stout, pseudobulbs broadly ovoid, 1-1.5 cm long. Leaf elliptic-oblong, 2.5-6 cm long, obtuse, emarginate, narrowed into a short petiole. Scape rather stout, slender, as long as or longer than the leaf; sheaths 2-3. Flowers umbellate, 4-8, cream-coloured, speckled with pale-brown, 1.3-2 cm long; bracts 4 mm long, lanceolate; pedicel longer, slender. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, dorsal 1/3 shorter. Petals broadly oblong 3-nerved, rounded, lip clawed, basal angles acute. Lip usually tongue-shaped, sessile or clawed, jointed on the foot, mobile, usually small and much recurved. Column short, often 2-aristate at the top. Anthers 2-celled, pollinia 4 (rarely 2).
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
South India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Brown
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1500
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