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Green cowl orchid

Bulbophyllum nematopodum

Bulbophyllum nematopodum is a small epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from tropical North Queensland rainforest, with flask-shaped pseudobulbs pressed to bark or rock and a single cream flower. The key to growing it is steady humidity, bright filtered light and free-draining mounting with frequent misting.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly so the roots and mounting stay moist but never soggy, and mist often in mist-prone conditions.
Soil
Mount on bark or a tree-fern slab, or grow in a very open, fast-draining orchid mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland (Cook, North Kennedy)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum nematopodum, commonly known as the green cowl orchid, is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that has small, flask-shaped pseudobulbs pressed against the surface on which it grows. Each pseudobulb has roots at its base, a single shiny, fleshy leaf and a single cream-coloured flower with red spots on its top. It grows on trees and rocks in rainforest and is endemic to tropical North Queensland.

Where it grows

The green cowl orchid grows on trees and rocks in rainforest where mists are common. It is found between the Cedar Bay National Park and the Paluma Range National Park.

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 nematopodum 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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