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Bulbophyllum cruciatum
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Bulbophyllum cruciatum

Bulbophyllum cruciatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Papua, Papua New Guinea, Seram Island, and Maluku Islands.

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Description

Plants are epiphytes with creeping rhizomes. Pseudobulbs grow close together and are obtuse and conically depressed, green to dark purple and 1.25-1.5 × 1.9-2.4 cm with a single leaf. Leaves are lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, and 11 × 2.8-3.6 cm. The plant blooms from the base of the pseudobulb on a 0.4 cm long peduncle with a single purple and white flower. The flower is crossed shape 1.8 × 1.5 cm. The dorsal sepal is erect, lanceolate 0.83 × 0.24 cm. The lateral sepals are slightly de-flexed, obliquely oblong-ovate and 0.85 × 0.4 cm. The petals are small, ovate-lanceolate, and 0.2 cm long.

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Range & habitat

Plants are found growing in the warm lowland forest of New Guinea at elevations between 5–1100 meters.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 906171.