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Bulbophyllum newportii

Bulbophyllum newportii
Photo: Greg Steenbeeke, CC BY-SA 2.0

Bulbophyllum newportii, the cupped strand orchid, is a small epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from tropical North Queensland that forms dense clumps of pseudobulbs, each with one stiff leaf. It grows best mounted on a tree or rock in humid, airy conditions with bright filtered light.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly so the pseudobulbs stay plump, and let the mount dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Mount on bark or a tree fern slab, or grow in a very open orchid mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum newportii, commonly known as the cupped strand orchid, is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that is endemic to tropical North Queensland. It has widely spaced, oval or cone-shaped, light green pseudobulbs, a single stiff, dark green egg-shaped leaf and up to eight bell-shaped white, cream-coloured or greenish flowers with a long, narrow yellow labellum. It grows on trees and rocks, usually at moderate to high elevations.

Where it grows

Bulbophyllum newportii grows on trees and rocks, mostly at moderate to high altitudes, usually in humid, airy locations and often in exposed places. It is found on the McIlwraith Range and between the Cedar Bay National Park and Eungella National Park 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 newportii 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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