Bulbophyllum Hsinying Grand-arfa

[Xenophon]

Hi all,

boy, do i have a treat for you! taking a break from the usual ''Lepidum'' flower shape is refreshing and is one of my favorites.

Bulbophyllum burfordiense x arfakianum = Bulbophyllum Hsinying Grand-arfa (2008)

Got this plant from the local nursery and was told that it was just flown in from Taiwan.

Grown in a pot and has cucumber green leaves like grandiflorum but are slightly shorter and are streaked with tiny light green lines. Watered every 12 hours with no direct sunlight. Fertilized quite often but in very dilute concentrations, Stopped when there was a flower spike (Tough lesson learnt) It's actually quite easy to bloom, just let it be...

it's relatively new hybrid and the colours are just lovely!

Enjoy!

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Interesting Chocolate Cubed Pattern.


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Interior of the flower with a, Surprise Surprise, ''Furry Lip''

Cheers,
Freddie