Английская Википедия:Bulbophyllum argyropus

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Bulbophyllum argyropus, commonly known as the silver strand orchid, is a species of epiphytic or sometimes lithophytic orchid that is endemic to eastern Australia, including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. It has crowded pseudobulbs, tough, dark green leaves and up to four small whitish to yellowish flowers with an orange labellum.

Description

Bulbophyllum argyropus is an epiphytic, rarely an lithophytic herb with crowded, warty and furrowed pseudobulbs Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Young pseudobulbs are covered with papery white bracts. There is a single tough, dark green leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on each pseudobulb. Up to five whitish or yellowish flowers Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide are arranged on a warty, thread-like flowering stem Шаблон:Convert long. The sepals are about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide, the lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long, the petals about Шаблон:Convert long and wide. The labellum is orange, about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide curved and fleshy. Flowering occurs between August and December.

Taxonomy and naming

The silver strand orchid was first formally described in 1833 by Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Thelychiton argyropus and published the description in Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. In 1876, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach changed the name to Bulbophyllum argyropus. The specific epithet (argyropus) is derived from the Ancient Greek words argyros meaning "silver"Шаблон:Rp and pous meaning "foot".Шаблон:Rp

Distribution and habitat

Bulbophyllum argyropus usually grows on the highest branches of rainforest trees, rarely on rocks. It occurs between the McPherson Range in Queensland and the Dorrigo Plateau in New South Wales as well as on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. It has also been reported from New Caledonia.