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Tangled rope orchid

Bulbophyllum gadgarrense

Tangled rope orchid
Photo: Bruce Gray, CC BY 3.0 au

Tangled rope orchid is a small epiphytic orchid from tropical North Queensland rainforests, growing on tree branches with hanging, tangled stems. It needs humid, well-aerated conditions and is best grown mounted or in a fine orchid mix.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly so the mount or mix stays barely moist, and let it dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Mounted on bark or in a fine orchid mix such as bark with sphagnum moss.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. & NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum gadgarrense, commonly known as tangled rope orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid with small pseudobulbs hidden beneath purplish brown bracts, dark green, grooved leaves and small white flowers with orange or yellow tips. It grows on rainforest trees in tropical North Queensland.

Where it grows

Bulbophyllum minutissimum grows on mossy parts of rainforest trees where there is good air movement. It occurs between the Big Tableland and the Tully River in Queensland.

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 gadgarrense 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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