Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Bulbophyllum Thouars
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Bulbophyllum tuberculatum Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 336 (1883 [1884]) – as Bolbophyllum tuberculatum
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Adelopetalum tuberculatum (Colenso) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy in Clements & Jones, 13: 498 (2002)
 Description

Plant forming a close tight clump to several cm. diam. Rhizomes 1–2 mm. diam., firmly fixed to substratum by ∞ roots; pseudobulbs 6–7–(15) × 3–4 mm., ovoid, smooth when fresh, becoming wrinkled with drying, surface then ± dotted with swollen white cells; membr. scale-lf at first sheathing base of green lf. Lf-lamina to 50 × 5 mm. but us. less, linear-oblong, acute, glab.; petiole short, ill-defined. Fls 1-several; peduncle from base of pseudobulb, c. 1–2 cm. long; floral bracts ± triangular, pedicels very short. Ovary minutely tuberculate. Per. c. 4 mm. long, whitish except labellum. Sepals not hairy; dorsal narrow-ovate; laterals much broader, triangular-ovate, slightly pouched below. Petals much smaller, ovate, obtuse. Labellum "bright vermilion-red with a central yellow line", mobile on long slender claw; lamina oblong-obovate or subhastate, thick and fleshy, lower part with 2 raised ridges, margins strongly recurved at tip. Column short, stout, 2-winged at top.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2 as Bulbophyllum tuberculatum Colenso]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Bibliography
Clements, M.A.; Jones, D.L. 2002: Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(11): 498–501.
Colenso, W. 1884 ("1883"): A further contribution towards making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16: 325–363.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [as Adelopetalum tuberculatum (Colenso) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy] [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Adelopetalum tuberculatum (Colenso) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]