bulbophyllum echinolabium caresheet.

[busman]

Hi new member here so a big hello to all.I was wondering if anyone can give me any help on the care for bulbophyllum echinolabium.I have got one coming in a week or so.So any info would be most appreciated.

[Tindomul]

Hi, it can be grown in a warm area pot it in loose orchid mixes, I like to add sphagnum as a top dressing to conserve humidity. If you can give it a nice humid environment, then you can mount it on tree fern panel or something similar. Bulbos with big broad leaves require less light, so I would start with Phal lighting about 2000 foot candles. If it the leaves get really dark and no blooms occur, move it to a bit more light. Good luck!

[busman]

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Hi, it can be grown in a warm area pot it in loose orchid mixes, I like to add sphagnum as a top dressing to conserve humidity. If you can give it a nice humid environment, then you can mount it on tree fern panel or something similar. Bulbos with big broad leaves require less light, so I would start with Phal lighting about 2000 foot candles. If it the leaves get really dark and no blooms occur, move it to a bit more light. Good luck!

Thanks a million for that got just the place that should suit it.I have a daylight fluo tube[use it in checking color in photos.]Not sure how many candles that is but the light is nice.I think it is around 500-550 kelvins.

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by busman

Hi new member here so a big hello to all.I was wondering if anyone can give me any help on the care for bulbophyllum echinolabium.I have got one coming in a week or so.So any info would be most appreciated.

Busman I would agree with everything that Tindomul said except I would rather stick to growing in a pot. It is a compact plant i.e. the pseudobulbs touch each other and are not widely spaced and would therefore do well in a pot. I grow mine (coming into spike now) in a clay pot in thumbnail sized pine bark covered with a layer of sphagnum moss. I water about 3 - 4 times a week in summer when it is hot and in winter about once every two weeks. My plant has about 10 pseudobulbs and is in a 4 - 5 inch pot. It is the largest flowered Bulbophyllum as far as I know and has only one flower open at a time. The flowers do not last much more than a week but it will have 3 - 4 flowers opening in succession. Enjoy!

[mclyle]

I bought a baby one at a plant show last week and was told that it likes to keep its feet wet. I was told to leave the pot in about an inch of water and when it's gone, refill. Same instructions came with the small pot of several BABY Bulbophyllum Frostii. Anyone out there in orchid land have other instructions? I cannot locate an actual care sheet. Thanks!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Orchid seedlings are tough to grow for someone who's never grown an orchid or are pretty new to this hobby. I guarantee you will massacre more seedlings than you will succeed at the beginning.

First and foremost, I don't recommend you put any orchid regardless of size in a tray sittling in water with the exception of a few Disa species and even then it's a risk. I recommend you mount your seedling Bulbophyllums onto tree fern plaques with a bit of moss covering them and grow in a humid environment. Don't allow them to dry out completely, but rather let the moss dry out enough so that it is slightly damp to the touch then water again. If you've grown Pleuros, it's much the same way with the seedligs until they get to be about a year out of flask.

Growing seedlings are not easy. I recommend growing a NBS or BS plant if you can. It could potentially take the seedling up to 5 years to reach blooming size and that's not even a guarantee they'll bloom!

[mclyle]

Thank you for your help. I've been growing various orchids for a couple of years with lots of success in reviving the "disposables" from hardware stores. One is going on its 7th month of blooms. But this is my first experience with bulbophyllums. Humidity is great here in Louisiana!

[xristie9]

hello!!!
I bought a bulb echinolabium 2weks ago.

I pottet it in a quite dry medium should I repot it with some moss???