Bulbophyllum capillipes C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 SECTION Sestochilus [Breda]Benth & Hkr.f 1883 Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Flicker Orchid Photostream
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Common Name The Hairy Column Foot Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Assam, Thailand and Burma as a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with closely spaced, conical pseudobulbs enveloped basally by long stiff hairs, carrying a single apical, linear, acute leaf and blooms on a single flowered, 3 3/5" [9 cm] long inflorescence. This species has the smallest flowers of the SECTION Sestochilus.
Synonyms Drymoda latisepala Seidenf. 1981; Phyllorchis capillipes (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007
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