Bulbophyllum rosemarianum Sath.Kumar, P.C.S.Kumar & Saleem

bulb-oh-FILL-um -- Greek: bolbos (bulb); phyllon (leaf) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ rose-mar-ee-AH-num ? -- this species dedicated to Rosemary Lee of Coombland, England ... Rheedea 11(2), 2001

commonly known as: Rosemary's bulb-leaf orchid • Konkani: रोसमरी अमरी rosemary amri • Malayalam: റോസ്മേരിയുടെ ഓർക്കിഡ് rosemariyute orkkid


botanical names: Bulbophyllum rosemarianum Sath.Kumar, P.C.S.Kumar & Saleem ... synonyms: none listed ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Rosemary's bulb-leaf orchid

• quoted from "A new species of Bulbophyllum Du Petit-Thou. (Orchidaceae) from Kerala, India" C. Satish Kumar et al. Rheedea Vol. 11(2): 97-100. 2001
  ... this species commemorates the authors' good friend, the late Rosemary Lee of Coombland, England, with whom the senior author contemplated a joint work on the "Flowers of the Elephant Peak", not far from the area where the holotype was collected ...
• or Rosemary bulb-leaf orchid ... Flowers of India

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

रोसमरी अमरी rosemary amri

• name given for want of name; रोसमरी rosemary from the commemorative epithet - rosemarianum; अमरी amri, a generic given name for orchid flower in Marathi, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar - author of various books related to flora, and field guides to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India. The languages Konkani and Marathi are similar to some extent.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

റോസ്മേരിയുടെ ഓർക്കിഡ് rosemariyute orkkid

• name given for want of name; the seemingly long name means simply and justly - Rosemary's orchid

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