Bulbophyllum Sp. (From Papua New Guinea)

[Xenophon]

hi all,

hope your orchids have been growing great for you.

This new species recently bloomed, all the seller told me was that it was a new species from Papua New Guinea and that it looked like a giant Bulbophyllum restrepia as shown in the link below.

IOSPE PHOTOS

and no i don't think it looks anything like it, but what i can say is that it's big! approximately 6 inches - total length.

Yet again, another intriguing flower apart from the usual ''Lepidum'' Shape. The lip has silvery white hairs that reflect light - interesting. Probably to attract more pollinators i guess? Grown under 80% shade, no direct sunlight and watered twice daily. Actually, it's grown right next to my Bulbophyllum Hsinying Grand-arfa. Has alien-like antennae like prongs sticking out - im guessing to mimic an insect's real antennae.

Any ID Clues?

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Cheers,
Freddie

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! That's really cool!

[RedOrchid]

That is really neat. Are the 2 antenas petals?

[aeranthes]

Beautiful, interesting shape and great photos

[Wjs2nd]

That is really cool! Watered twice a day? So it likes water like a paph or Phrag?

[AHAB]

Very cool!
Think about breeding it?

[Zoi2]

Joann

[gnathaniel]

Nice one! Definitely section Hyalosema, to me looks closest to Bulb. singulare or Bulb. bandischii but I'm not too familiar with the section...

--Nat

[Xenophon]

Originally Posted by gnathaniel

Nice one! Definitely section Hyalosema, to me looks closest to Bulb. singulare or Bulb. bandischii but I'm not too familiar with the section...

--Nat

Hi Nat,

yeah they look very similar. i cant tell them apart from comparing the pictures. i think it is a Bulbophyllum singulare though because it's sepals are not fuzzy as mentioned in IOSPE photos.

[Tindomul]

That is incredibly interesting.