Scaphyglottis tenuis L.O. Williams 1941 Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

Common Name The Delicate Scaphyglottis

Flower Size

Found in Mexico as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 1100 to 1400 meters in open forest and woodlands in oak trees that blooms on a terminal or at the nodes on stem, racemose inflorescence with several flowers.

Synonyms Scaphyglottis oblonga L.O.Williams 1941; Sessilibulbum oblonga (L.O. Williams) Brieger 1976; Sessilibulbum tenuis (L.O. Williams) Brieger 1976

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 8 449 - 512 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1976 as Sessilibulbum oblonga; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 8 449 - 512 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1976 as Sessilibulbum tenuis; ;

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