Bulbophyllum cruciatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Papua, Papua New Guinea, Seram Island, and Maluku Islands.[1] [2]
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.[1]
Plants are found growing in the warm lowland forest of New Guinea at elevations between 5–1100 meters.