This is my first Bulbophyllum, bought about six months ago. I got it after seeing other members' photos here on the Orchid Board. I'm so glad I did.
It has been an easy grower so far. I keep it wet and give it lots of light. It spent the summer outside under a tree and it grew five new leaves. Never had any bug problems but there are little orange holes on a few pseudobulbs that look like they could be a fungus. I have been dabbing them with fungicide on a cotton swab.
Back to the flowers. What can I say? I could sit and stare at them for hours.
It has a fragrance. It is decidedly sweet, yet there is weight, and depth. It stays with you for a moment. It is pleasant, yet mysterious. It reminds me of something...my grandmother's basement, a piece of white wedding cake, a new plastic container, and something else...?
It took from August 30 till November 15 to grow its spikes and bloom. You can follow this plant from spike to flower here.