Bulbophyllum grandimesense
Introduction '''''Bulbophyllum grandimesense''''', commonly known as the '''pale rope orchid''', is a species of epiphytic orchid with well-spaced pseudobulbs and brown bracts arranged along the stems. Each pseudobulb has a single, fleshy, dark green leaf and usually only a single white flower with thread-like tips on the sepals. It grows on rainforest trees in a small area of tropical North Queensland.Lewis Roberts
Description ''Bulbophyllum grandimesense'' is an epiphytic herb with branching stems  long and covered with brown bracts. The pseudobulbs are  long, about  wide and well-spaced along the stems. Each pseudobulb has a thick, fleshy, dark green leaf  long and  wide on a stalk . A single white flower  long and  wide is borne on a thread-like flowering stem about  long. The sepals are fleshy,  long, about  wide and the petals about  long and  wide. The labellum is about  long and  wide, fleshy and curved. Flowering occurs from May to June.
Taxonomy and naming ''Bulbophyllum grandimesense'' was first formally described in 1989 by Bruce Gray who published the description in ''Austrobaileya'' from a specimen he collected near Rossville. The specific epithet (''grandimesense'') is derived from the Latin word ''grandis'' meaning "great" and the Spanish word ''mesa'' meaning "table", referring to the "Big Tableland" near Rossville where this species is found.
Distribution and habitat The pale rope orchid grows on the upper branches of rainforest trees in the Cedar Bay National Park.
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