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Bulbophyllum arfakianum

Bulbophyllum arfakianum
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Bulbophyllum arfakianum is a rare, slow-growing epiphytic orchid from the rainforests of the Arfak Mountains in New Guinea, grown as a small pseudobulbous specimen. The key to growing it is warm, humid, bright but shaded conditions with an airy mount or pot.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while growing and let the mount or mix dry lightly between waterings; reduce slightly in cooler months.
Soil
Epiphytic orchid mix of bark, sphagnum or mounted on cork or tree fern.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum arfakianum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. This rare orchid is endemic to Arfak Mountains at elevations 50~400 meters in rainforests, Papua New Guinea.

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 arfakianum 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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