Orchid Bulbophyllum concinum

[katierkincaid]

I found one of these online. Does anyone know anything about/ or have one of these?

[Ray]

Katie,

There is no such thing as B. concinum, so I'm not sure if you're referring to B. cocoinum, or B. concinnum (which looks pretty cool - if that's it, where did you find it?)

Whenever I have a species question, my first stop us Jay Pfahl's IOSPE at Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

IOSPE PHOTOS

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Ray is right, it is Bulbophyllum concinnum.

First of all, would you be dissapointed if I told you each of the flowers were between 1/4" and 1/2" at best? Each flower is closer to 1/4" than 1/2". What you see is a cluster of flowers clumped into a flower head much like a daisy.

If you've never grown a Bulbophyllum before, they like alot of moisture. Allow the medium to dry out to where it is just barely cool and moist to the touch, then water again. But...they also like alot of air around their roots. Hence many do well when grown mounted. I like to grow the small to large Bulbos on cork bark and sphagnum, and the micro-miniatures on loosely pack tree fern plaques and sphagnum.

The particular species you're interested in is intermediate to warm growing. Grow in shade to bright shade.

Right now, because of the warmer weather here the medium is drying out very rapidly. I water mine anywhere like everyday or even twice a day, depending on the species and how quickly the medium dries out.

Reduce watering in fall and winter. Some species stop growing completely during the winter, such as Bulbophyllum elassoglossum. For these you can still water during winter, but reduce drastically or you rot out the plant.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

You know if you like Bulbos that are large flowered and clustered like Bulbophyllum concinnum. Try growing Bulbophyllum medusae or Bulbophyllum vaginatum. They're much more striking and breath taking when in bloom. Each flower for Bulb medusae or Bulb vaginatum are between 2" and 3" in length. These two have long dangling sepals that looks literally like a fireworks display when in bloom.

[katierkincaid]

i found it on ebay interesting huh

[katierkincaid]

des anyone know where i can get one?

[Dorothy]

Hi katie
I found the bulbo you are talking about on ebay -
Orchid Bulbophyllum concinum, Mounted Species, B/S RARE - eBay (item 160234532499 end time May-03-08 18:25:04 PDT)
It is a fascinating and beautiful orchid !
and it's the one mentioned in Ray's post - the correct spelling is Bulbophyllum concinnum and he gives the cultural info from the IOSPE link

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I love looking at Jay's Internet Orchid Encyclopedia. They've got nice pictures and some general info on some of the plants.

But...

If you look closely at some of that info...some of it is awesome and detailed. Some of them contradict each other. Sometimes it's incomplete info. Sometimes he's just dead wrong or has no info on a few of the plants.

My point is - use your better judgement. Don't stop researching beyond just looking at his website.

From my personal experience, he's helped alot, I thank God he made the site.

...On the flip side, sometimes I wanna kill him for some of the wrong info he posted, (which ended up killing some of my either rather expensive plants or super rare ones).

Just my two cents.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

You know there are a couple books I can recommend on Bulbophyllums.

One of them is:

"Bulbophyllum and Their Allies: A Grower's Guide" by Emily S. Seigerist and Gustavo A. Romero-Gonzalez

The other is:

"The Orchids of the Philippines" by Jim Cootes, David P. Banks, and David Titmuss

They've got awesome color shots and some good detailed info.

[Dorothy]

I totally agree with you King - always best to check a number of different resources -
sometimes there is also limited information on the rare and exotic ..
Thank you for the additional sources
Sorry to hear of your losses