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Bulbophyllum minax

Bulbophyllum minax is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the mountain forests of south-central Madagascar, grown mainly by specialist collectors. It needs cool, humid, well-ventilated conditions and a mounted or loosely potted culture.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while growing, let the medium dry slightly between waterings, and reduce in the cooler season.
Soil
Open, fast-draining epiphyte mix such as bark or sphagnum, or mounted on a slab.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 8 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SC. Madagascar
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum minax is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte endemic to Madagascar. It is native to Fianarantsoa Province, where it grows in subhumid forests from 1,500 to 1,999 metres elevation. It is critically endangered due to deforestation.

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 minax 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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