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Bulbophyllum pahudii

Bulbophyllum pahudii
Photo: M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith, 1854-1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) Description by R. A. Rolfe, Public domain

Bulbophyllum pahudii is a rare pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from Java, grown mainly by collectors of Bulbophyllum species. It needs warm, humid, well-ventilated conditions with bright indirect light and a cool, humid night-time drop to flower well.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the growing medium is nearly dry, and keep the pseudobulbs from sitting in water.
Soil
Open epiphytic mix of bark, perlite and sphagnum, or mounted on cork or wood.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum pahudii is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It can be found in Java, at a minimum elevation of 850 meters and is very rare. It was first discovered in 1883. This species of orchid has a very bad smell but is very beautiful. Bulbophyllum pahudii flowers are over 4" tall.

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 pahudii 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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