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May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Podochilaeae (also placed in Dendrobieae) |
| Subtribe | Bulbophyllinae |
| Scientific name | Bulbophyllum boninense (Schlechter) J. J. Smith, non Makino |
| Synonyms | Bulbophyllum boninensis Makino; Bulbophyllum longidens (Rolfe) Seidenfaden; Cirrhopetalum boninense Schlechter |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ogasawara-shiko-ran (オガサワラシコウラン, 小笠原指甲蘭 [Ogasawara Islands shiko-ran (shiko-ran = Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindley) Reichenbach f.)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Ogasawara Islands (= Bonin Islands) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Leaves 10cm long. Flowers pale yellow sepals ca. 3cm long, flowering in June. Epiphyte on trunk of old trees. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Cirrhopetalum boninense Schltr. 1906 |
| Note | Native to Japan. Rare species. |
| Bulbophyllum boninense sensu Makino, non (Schlechter) J. J. Smith, Cirrhopetalum boninense sensu Makino, non Schlechter = synonyms of Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindley) Reichenbach f. |
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| May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
