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Bulbophyllum atrorubens is a small epiphytic orchid from wet tropical forests, growing on tree branches with clustered pseudobulbs. Keep it bright, humid and well drained, and avoid letting its roots stay soggy.
Bulbophyllum atrorubens is an epiphytic species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It can be found in Moluccas, New Caledonia, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu. It grows in lowland forests to montane forests at elevations of 200 to 1400 meters. The plant is small with clustered pseudobulbs with a single, apical, erect, long petiolate base. It blooms in the fall, late winter and early summer on a slender, 4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] long inflorescence.
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 atrorubens 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.
