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Bulbophyllum pyridion

Bulbophyllum pyridion is a small pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the forests of Borneo (Sabah), growing at around 1500 m. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with good air movement and a mount or well-drained epiphytic medium.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb, Orchid
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while actively growing, let the medium dry slightly between waterings, and reduce water in the cooler season.
Soil
Mounted on bark or tree fern with sphagnum moss, or in a fast-draining epiphytic orchid mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Borneo (Sabah)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bulbophyllum pyridion is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It can be found in the forests of Borneo in altitudes of 1500 meters.

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 pyridion 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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