Need some info on Bulbophyllum echinolabium

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Bud

This is how a blooming sized plant looks like and its flower. Observe how long and big the leaves are and the size of the bulbs. The 2 inch pot you are aiming to buy might be a seedling.

Here's a thread posted by one of the new members and read some of the comments of the senior members.

bulbophyllum echinolabium caresheet.

Yes it is a seedling I just didn't know how long it would take to bloom Thanks for the link to the thread

[Bud]

Brooke said maybe a couple of years you might get it to bloom

[AnonYMouse]

Isn't that one of the stinky ones?

[RandomGemini]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Isn't that one of the stinky ones?

Which ones are stinky? Is there a list of smelly (not in a good way) orchids out there somewhere?

[nikkik]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Isn't that one of the stinky ones?

It is, but it's beauty excuses the smell, at least for me!

[AnonYMouse]

I'm not aware of any list. I'd like a list. I usually ask or Google.

IOSPE says it is stinky.

[RandomGemini]

I think we could start a whole new thread on the issue of stinky orchids. I like how all that it says is "unpleasant smelling flowers." Very descriptive, that. LOL!

That one IS lovely though! I understand the interest in it!

[The Orchid Boy]

I'm getting one also. Is yours from First Rays? It'll be my first bulbo too. Post a picture if/when you get it!

[My Green Pets]

This was the first stinky orchid i ever smelled. It smells putrid, like partially decomposed rat, according to one description. I laughed and laughed when I got a whiff of it.

There is a very exhaustive list of orchids and their smells that is linked to on the first or second page of the fragrant orchids sticky at the top of beginners discussion. The descriptions for some of the bulbos are hilarious

[Kevin_PR]

You can grow it in your house without the smell of fish sauce wafting through your house.(I think it smells like fish sauce) The smell is undetectable by us unless your fairly close to the flower. The odor is to attract flies to pollinate. A fly would smell it but you won't. I have never seen swarms of flies around the plant, and I grow outdoors, at most a visitor every now and then. It is a sequential bloomer, so once it starts it can be in bloom for a long time. My plant has 3 spikes currently active. It needs Even fertilizer and watering year round. I grow mine mounted on tree fern. Bulbophyllums can have shallow root systems so If I do grow them potted I use azalea pots since they are more shallow than other pots. It is a clumping bulbophyllum that does not have much space between the pbulbs so don't overpot. Warm temp grower. I have seen it grow and bloom in bright light and aslo in Phal light. Good luck!