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Bulbophyllum scandens is an orchid species identified by Kraenzl. in 1922. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Hederorkis seychellensis.
ORIGIN: Found in Perak Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Sumatra and the Philippines at elevations of 800 to 2300 [2700] meters in swampy forests, lowland forests, lower mixed, open montane forests.
DESCRIPTION: Small size, warm to cool growing epiphyte and ocassional terrestrial in humus deposits and moss cushions with ovoid, somewhat flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, rather thick, ovate to elliptic, light to medium green leaf that is conduplicate below into the petiole and blooms in the summer in situ in Borneo on a basal, 2 to 3 [5 to 7.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with ovate floral bracts and slightly fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.2 inches [3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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