Bulbophyllum gracillimum [Rolfe]Rolfe 1912 SECTION Cirrhopetaloides Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994

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Common Name The Graceful Bulbophyllum - The Wispy Umbrella Orchid

Flower Size 1 1/4" [2.5 to 3 cm]

I love this one also, picture doesn't do it justice, it has purple eyes in the flower that move in the slightest wind, is a small sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte that comes from Thailand, Myanamar, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Moluccas, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Solomon islands, Australia, Fiji and New Caledonia as an epiphyte low down on the trunks of trees in rainforests at elevations of sealevel to 150 meters with small, ovoid pseudobulbs clustered close together and a single, apical, elliptic leaf that blooms in the spring through summer on an erect, 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long purple, wiry inflorescence that has a head of several [6 to 10] fragrant flowers at the apex held well above the leaf. Give this plant a treefern mount, cool to warm temperatures, moderate shade, high humidity and good air circulation.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum leratii (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. 1912; Bulbophyllum psittacoides J.J. Sm. 1911; *Cirrhopetalum gracillimum Rolfe 1895; Cirrhopetalum leratii Schltr. 1911; Cirrhopetalum psittacoides Ridley 1927; Cirrhopetalum warianum Schlechter 1913

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. 2: 139-140. Hayata 1912; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912[1985]as Cirrhopetalum warianum; Orchids of Malaya Holtum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1967; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 9 1970 as Cirrhopetalum gracillimum; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb & Laurent 1982; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 40 Bulbophyllinae 1983 as Cirrhopetalum gracillimum photo fide; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1991; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo fide; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 4 1995 photo fide; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 6 2001 photo; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Cirrhopetalum gracillimum

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