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Bulbophyllum antenniferum

Bulbophyllum antenniferum
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Bulbophyllum antenniferum is a small epiphytic orchid with quadrangular pseudobulbs and a single leaf, found on tree trunks and rocks in wet tropical forest. It is grown as a specialist epiphyte and needs bright dappled light, humidity and fast-draining mounting.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb, Orchid
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water when the mount or medium is nearly dry, and mist or water less in cool weather; avoid water sitting in the pseudobulbs.
Soil
Mount on bark or tree fern, or use a very coarse, fast-draining epiphytic orchid mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Pen. Thailand to New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum antenniferum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Where it grows

Plants are found growing in dapple light on tree trunks and rocks in Thailand, Java, Borneo, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and the Philippines (Leyte, Mindanao) at elevations of 300–1,500 metres (980–4,920 ft).

Other Bulbophyllum plants

Bulbophyllum abbreviatum · Bulbophyllum abbrevilabium · Bulbophyllum aberrans · Bulbophyllum ablepharon · Bulbophyllum absconditum · Bulbophyllum acanthoglossum · Bulbophyllum acropogon · Bulbophyllum acuminatum · Bulbophyllum acutibracteatum · Bulbophyllum acutiflorum · Bulbophyllum acutilingue · Bulbophyllum acutispicatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bulbophyllum antenniferum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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