Bulbophyllum cruciatum

Bulbophyllum cruciatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Papua, Papua New Guinea, Seram Island, and Maluku Islands.

Description
Plants are epiphytes with creeping rhizomes. Pseudobulbs grow close together and are obtuse and conically depressed, green to dark purple and 1.25-1.5 × 1.9-2.4 cm with a single leaf. Leaves are lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, and 11 × 2.8-3.6 cm. The plant blooms from the base of the pseudobulb on a 0.4 cm long peduncle with a single purple and white flower. The flower is crossed shape 1.8 × 1.5 cm. The dorsal sepal is erect, lanceolate 0.83 × 0.24 cm. The lateral sepals are slightly de-flexed, obliquely oblong-ovate and 0.85 × 0.4 cm. The petals are small, ovate-lanceolate, and 0.2 cm long.

Distribution
Plants are found growing in the warm lowland forest of New Guinea at elevations between 5–1100 meters.