Bulbophyllum Hsinying Grand-arfa - Orchid Board

Xenophon · #1 10-20-2011, 06:17 AM

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

BikerDoc5968 · #2 10-20-2011, 09:14 AM

Very nice indeed. But you mentioned you stopped applying fertilizer when it spiked and this was, "Tough lesson learned". Want to educate us a bit more.... please?

tucker85 · #3 10-20-2011, 09:32 AM

Wonderful pictures! Good growing.

Merlyn · #4 10-20-2011, 01:00 PM

grandiflorum and burfordiense are 2 different species. grand is bigger and has no hairs on the lip. Your cross must have got the hairs from arfakianum.

Nice one !!!

Xenophon · #5 10-20-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlyn

grandiflorum and burfordiense are 2 different species. grand is bigger and has no hairs on the lip. Your cross must have got the hairs from arfakianum.

Nice one !!!

Thanks Merlyn! Oh Yes!!! My my thanks for pointing out, it's a burfordiense x arfakianum. i don't have Burfordiense or arfakianum in my collection but it is on my wish list

Merlyn · #6 10-20-2011, 01:35 PM

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Thanks Merlyn! Oh Yes!!! My my thanks for pointing out, it's a burfordiense x arfakianum. i don't have Burfordiense or arfakianum in my collection but it is on my wish list

I have what is now verified as burfordiense, and arfakianum is on MY wish list !!! I ALSO like your cross !!!

Xenophon · #7 10-20-2011, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BikerDoc5968

Very nice indeed. But you mentioned you stopped applying fertilizer when it spiked and this was, "Tough lesson learned". Want to educate us a bit more.... please?

Hi,

well if you do remember that in one of my previous threads i said that i had a Bulbophyllum maquilingense in spike. Silly enough i went along and fertilized it more. My

on how i feel is that smaller Bulbophyllums tend to be very sensitive about their surroundings because a tiny drop of water seems like a tsunami to them and thus a tiny drop of fertilizer water literally inundates the whole plant. i've had some of miniature bulbophyllums ''drown'' in their own potting. more often than not i have to alleviate this problem by elevating them so that their roots are just about touching the medium. Whereas i can just take normal sized bulbophyllums and just stuff them in spagnum because i know that their bulbs are bigger and able to dry out easier as compared to small ones that have more surface area contact with sphagnum moss in comparison to their size. This seems to go across the board with various sized bulbophyllums (at least those that i've grown). Consideration should be taken when planting various sized Bulbophyllums. To put it in an analogy, a 3 ft high swimming pool won't kill a man but it will kill a child. A child would need a pool more suited to him/her needs. Anyway, i lost that spike

, which i'm guessing, because the plant felt that it was going through an environmental change.

With that learnt i took no risks with this plant.

Regards,
Freddie

Xenophon · #8 10-20-2011, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlyn

I have what is now verified as burfordiense, and arfakianum is on MY wish list !!! I ALSO like your cross !!!

Pretty expensive hybrid, i was just floored when he said SGD$60 (approx US$40). but my heart told me otherwise. In went the hand into the pocket and out came the money

But i was willing to pay because it had more than 10 leaves on it. Is it expensive to buy Bulbophyllums back in your country?

Merlyn · #9 10-20-2011, 02:06 PM

I would pay that for a healthy arfakianum. My burfordiense was a gift and my first Bulb ! The most expensive one I bought was nymphopolitanum for $35. Just got a frostii 2" pot for $15, along with a dark lasiochilum 2" pot for $20. Most of mine are gifts or trades. I take a few divisions off my burfordiense, Daisy Chain, and auratum to trade with each year ! Helps keep them in shape !

Xenophon · #10 10-20-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlyn

I would pay that for a healthy arfakianum. My burfordiense was a gift and my first Bulb ! The most expensive one I bought was nymphopolitanum for $35. Just got a frostii 2" pot for $15, along with a dark lasiochilum 2" pot for $20. Most of mine are gifts or trades. I take a few divisions off my burfordiense, Daisy Chain, and auratum to trade with each year ! Helps keep them in shape !

Wooo... what a rare one it is, nymphopolitanum, yes it is especially here in Singapore. Doesnt do too well in the heat though and really needs a few degrees drop in temperature to bloom. Frostii is a really slow grower and i've not had any luck. Speaking of which i do hope to collect various colours of Lasiochilum... one of my favourites!!! Mini dancing elf men.