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Bulbophyllum moniliforme

18 years ago

I finally got one! But I have some questions and I know all the experts out there have the wisdom to guide me. This plant arrived on a tree fern slab that seems to be decomposing, it feels "mushy"(some of the tiny bulbs had fell off during transit) the tiny masses of bulbs are held on by large staples. Do I attempt to move it on to a new slab? This seems like a daunting task there are hundreds of them. Tried to get a pic embedded but alas I cannot find my camera cord:o) For those of you who are growing this little gem I wonder if I am doing it right. I currently have it in a southern facing window(filtered by blinds)humidity is good, temp.'s stay around 82-85f in the daytime with a night temp. of 65-68f. I am watering only when the slab is slightly dry(it seems to pull away from the slab if allowed to become too dry)I am fertilizer paranoid as I've sent a few orchids to orchid heaven by doing it wrong. What should be used and how often? Thank you!

Comments (4)

  • 17 years ago

    Gosh, never heard of'em till your post, but that is one cool plant! My suggestion would be to call or e-mail the grower. Best of luck, Whitecat8

    Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:202716}}

  • 17 years ago

    Thank you for your post. I did a bit of research prior to buying it but I never anticipated the slab being so soft nor what to do with it! Guess I wasn't looking too far ahead to the real stuff like remounting. The seller hasn't responded to me yet. The bulbs are even smaller than most pictures I looked at online. It sure it pretty neat! Thank you for the link!

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  • 17 years ago

    Ahhh...
    I've wanted one of these beauties for a long time.
    Although I did just come by four rather rare Bulbos(I think!), that I wanted even more, last week!!;~)

    As much as I obviously love Bulbos, having 80-90(?) of 'em, I have major issues keeping them wet enough without being soggy.
    The little guys are the worst for me!! :~(

    I just can't hover over them and they must either take a lot of neglect or I have to do some major jury-rigging.

    Depending on the condition of the mount, I'd consider replacing it or just attaching the remains to a fresh piece.
    I got some Hapalochilus (Bulbo subspecies or something like that!) last year in the same condition.
    I did one of my "whatever works" jobs!
    I just attached the remains of the the decaying fern to a fresh one.
    I then sank it into a mass of Long-fibered sphag, which was then placed into semi-hydro type growing conditions.

    It's worked great, or at least better than anything else that I could come up with at the time.
    I can keep the humidity up and it stays moist w/o being wet.
    I would seriously consider upping the light.
    No matter what anyone says...
    Bulbos do far better with a lot of light.

    I might have other info/links, but I'm on my laptop and all my orchid info is on my desktop.

    Scott

  • 17 years ago

    Thank you Scott!! I'm going to try to get a pick posted. The challenge now is like you said keeping it moist without being soggy. It looks like I'm not going to have any choice but to get it on a fresh piece of tree fern. Can I just admit this idea terrifies me!!! It seems really happy and I just know I'm going to kill it if I move it. Hopefully I'll get a pic up tomorrow. Oh, I did up the light and I agree Bulbo's can tolerate and like higher light that what is typically recommended.

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