Bulbophyllum cumingii - Orchid Board

Brenda Aarts · #1 09-12-2014, 08:00 PM

Neat little guy, showing off his fall colours!!

debrasoon · #2 09-12-2014, 08:14 PM

Beautiful! How long do the blooms last?

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Brenda Aarts · #3 09-12-2014, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by debrasoon

Beautiful! How long do the blooms last?

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Thanks, not sure....this is first time blooming for me...I will let you know.

Orchid killer · #4 09-13-2014, 07:37 AM

Wonderful, I love it .... on my wish list.
Thank you for sharing.

Brenda Aarts · #5 09-13-2014, 08:55 AM

Thanks. I purchased it from Equagnera last fall at a local show. Easy to grow I find.

cbuchman · #6 09-13-2014, 09:17 AM

Love it! I have one too which I originated from Ecuagenera - I purchased it at my OS auction last Feb. It is growing mounted - several new growths and lots of new roots, so I think it is happy. No sign of blooms yet. Any tips?

Brenda Aarts · #7 09-13-2014, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cbuchman

Love it! I have one too which I originated from Ecuagenera - I purchased it at my OS auction last Feb. It is growing mounted - several new growths and lots of new roots, so I think it is happy. No sign of blooms yet. Any tips?

Looks like a different flower today...amazing the difference one day makes...so seems to me that it wont last long unfortunately. It is a lot more upright and open and the little lips bounce away.

I keep my bulbos constantly moist and they seem to love it. I guess as long as good airflow its ok. No special treatment, it appears to be an easy grower and mine only has 4 or 5 pbulbs...so yours sounds to be blooming size. Good luck. I grow my bulbos under t5s...

Orchid killer · #8 09-13-2014, 02:19 PM

Awesome second picture, thank you ... oh dear, cumingii has gone straight up to the top of my "have to have list", now just got to find one. Thanks for the moisture tip, my environment is rather dry so best to keep the moisture / humiduty up.

cbuchman · #9 09-13-2014, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Brenda Aarts

Looks like a different flower today...amazing the difference one day makes...so seems to me that it wont last long unfortunately. It is a lot more upright and open and the little lips bounce away.

I keep my bulbos constantly moist and they seem to love it. I guess as long as good airflow its ok. No special treatment, it appears to be an easy grower and mine only has 4 or 5 pbulbs...so yours sounds to be blooming size. Good luck. I grow my bulbos under t5s...

Great picture. I keep mine moist too - It's in a net pot that sits in about 1/4" of water. I grow under natural light, so I wonder if I need to give it more light. Mine is also in the 4-5 bpulb range. SO there is hope

Brenda Aarts · #10 09-13-2014, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Orchid killer

Awesome second picture, thank you ... oh dear, cumingii has gone straight up to the top of my "have to have list", now just got to find one. Thanks for the moisture tip, my environment is rather dry so best to keep the moisture / humiduty up.

It can get really dry and hot in my sun room, particularly in the summer...so I keep the majority of my bulbos in their individual pots/baskets in large clear tubs/trays....so that when I water it goes through and some remains under and around them...helps to keep the humidity higher.

I would think natural light should suffice, I have no experience with bulbos in natural light however.