Derivation of specific name
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fuscum: greyish-brown or dark greyish-brown, fuscous
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bulbophyllum fuscum Lindl.
var. melinostachyum (Schltr.) J.J. Verm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118180
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Epiphytic or lithophytic herb. Pseudobulbs set 1-6 cm apart on a creeping rhizome, ellipsoid, usually somewhat 4-angled. Leaves 2, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, suberect, pale green. Inflorescence erect or arching, 10-many-flowered; rhachis slightly swollen and flattened. Flowers borne in channels on either side of the rhachis, partly enclosed in bracts, yellow-green to orange; lip orange to vermilion.
- license
- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bulbophyllum fuscum Lindl.
var. melinostachyum (Schltr.) J.J. Verm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118180
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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W Africa, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bulbophyllum fuscum Lindl.
var. melinostachyum (Schltr.) J.J. Verm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118180
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
