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Bulbophyllum tengchongense

Bulbophyllum tengchongense is a small, rarely grown epiphytic orchid from the Bulbophyllum genus, native to southwestern China. Like most bulbophyllums it grows on tree branches in warm, humid, bright conditions and needs a free-draining, airy mount or mix.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the mount or mix is nearly dry, and mist or soak more often in warm weather.
Soil
Epiphytic orchid mix of bark and perlite, or a mounted position on wood or cork.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Bulbophyllum tengchongense is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

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 tengchongense 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.

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