Bulbophyllum graciliscapum Schlechter 1905 SECTION Macrouris
Photos by © Roger Van Vugt and his P base Orchid Photo Website
Plant and Flower Photos by © Natsui and his Orchid Website

EARLY
Common Name The Thin Inflorescence Dendrobium
Flower Size .28" [7 mm]
Found in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in rainforests at elevations of 50 to 400 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with .8 to 2" [2 to 5 cm] between each ovate pseudobulb carrying a single apical, erect, oblong-lanceolate, subacute leaf that blooms in the early summer on an erect, thin, basal, 5 to 8" [12.5 to 20 cm] long, fractiflex in bloom, straight in fruit, 4 to 6 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Bulbophyllum setipes Schlecter 1913
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85 as B setipesdrawing fide; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 photo fide;
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