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Bulbophyllum scotinochiton is a small pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the mossy oak forests of Sumatra, growing at around 1,500 m. It is a wild species of a large genus, with little cultivation information available, so care should be treated as general guidance for similar tropical bulbophyllums.
Bulbophyllum scotinochiton is a species of orchid found in Sumatra.
Plants are found growing in under story mossy oak forest near Lake Toba in Sumatra at elevation around 1,500 meters.
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 scotinochiton 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.
