Bulbophyllum alkmaarense

Bulbophyllum alkmaarense
Authored by: Jon​

Description: species is found in New Guinea. It was described in 1911 by JJ Smith, and there is a profound lack of cultivation information available through normal channels.

Culture:

Temps:
- Summer: 60-90f
- Winter: 50-80f

Light: Medium light

Humidity: at least 80%

Air circulation: Slight breeze

Growing location: Greenhouse

Growing medium: Basket - Plastic, Mount - Cork, Mount - Tree fern, Mount - Other, Sphagnum moss

Growing medium notes: Growing on sandlblasted manzanita, but it would be much happier on a different mount. The roots do not attach to the manzanita.

Water:
- Frequency: Daily
- Fertilizer & frequency: Daily with MSU at 1/4 recommended strength
- Dry rest: No.

Blooming season: No defined blooming season

Flower size: White lipped clone has sepals of ~1cm. Yellow lipped clone has sepals of 1.5-2cm.

Plant size: Miniature. Pseudobulbs are <1cm, and leaves are <1cm. All told, the growths are a little over 15mm tall. A creeping rambler with approx 8mm between bulbs.

Other firsthand observations: Can be a finicky grower. Should probably not be grown as a potted plant unless space is provided for it to overflow the pot.

Other plants growing well nearby:
Lepanthes calodictyon
Bulbophyllum dennisii
Bulbophyllum catenulatum
Aerangis punctata
Zootrophion griffin
Maxillaria tenuifolia
Maxillaria marginata

All of the aforementione dplants grow and bloom within 4 linear feet of bulbo alkmaarense.

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