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| October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Podochilaeae (also placed in Dendrobieae) |
| Subtribe | Bulbophyllinae |
| Scientific name | Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindley) Reichenbach f. |
| Synonyms | Bulbophyllum autumnale (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Bulbophyllum boninense Makino; Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindley) Reichenbach f. var. autumnale (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Bulbophyllum makinoanum (Schlechter) Masamune; Bulbophyllum tanegasimense Masasumune; Bulbophyllum urainse Hayata; Cirrhopetalum autumnale Fukuyama; Cirrhopetalum boninense Makino; Cirrhopetalum macraei Lindley; Cirrhopetalum makinoanum Schlechter; Cirrhopetalum tanegasimense (Massamune) Masasumune; Cirrhopetalum urainse Hayata; Cirrhopetalum walkerianum Wight; Phyllorchis macraei Kuntze |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shiko-ran (シコウラン, 指甲蘭 [meaning: nail orchid]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Yakushima Island, Tanegashima Island, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Leaves 10-17cm long, 2.5-5cm wide. Flowers pale yellow sepals ca. 2.5-3cm long, flowering in July to September. Epiphyte on trunk of old trees. Evergreen. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindl.) Rchb. f. |
| Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1861 | |
| Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindl.) Rchb. f. |
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| October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
