Bulbophyllum bracteatum (Fitzg.) F.M.Bailey APNI* Synonyms: Adelopetalum bracteatum Fitzg. APNI*
Description: Epiphyte and epilith with rhizomes prostrate, forming a dense mat; pseudobulbs 6–12 mm apart, depressed-globose, 6–12 mm diam., deeply furrowed with warted ridges.
Leaves elliptic to oblong or narrowly so, 1.5–3.0 cm long, 7–11 mm wide, thinly leathery, flat, keeled.
Inflorescence 5–10 cm long, 10–30-flowered. Ovary smooth. Sepals cream to yellow and heavily mottled with purple; dorsal sepal 3–4 mm long, ovate to obovate; lateral similar to dorsal, triangular. Lateral petals about half as long as sepals, coloured as sepals. Labellum yellow.
Flowering: August–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on rainforest trees and exposed rocks; north from Gibraltar Ra.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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