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Nocturne for an unknown pollinator: first description of a night-flowering orchid (Bulbophyllum nocturnum)
Article first published online: 17 OCT 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01183.x
© 2011 The Linnean Society of London
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SCHUITEMAN, A., VERMEULEN, J. J., DE VOGEL, E. and VOGEL, A. (2011), Nocturne for an unknown pollinator: first description of a night-flowering orchid (Bulbophyllum nocturnum). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 344–350. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01183.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 17 OCT 2011
- Article first published online: 17 OCT 2011
- Received 26 January 2011; revised 26 January 2011; accepted for publication 15 August 2011
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Keywords:
- Myxogastria;
- New Britain;
- Orchidacaeae;
- Papua New Guinea;
- pollination
Bulbophyllum nocturnum, a species of section Epicrianthes from New Britain, is described and illustrated. It is the first known example of an orchid species in which the flowers open after dark and close in the morning. The poorly understood pollination biology of section Epicrianthes, a clade with highly unusual flowers, is discussed. Attention is drawn to the close resemblance between the petal appendages of some species and the fruiting bodies of certain Myxogastria. © 2011 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 167, 344–350.