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03-05-2008, 06:12 PM
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Finally! Bulbophyllum blumei!
I feel like I have been waiting, like, forever for this bloom!
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03-05-2008, 06:27 PM
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She's a beauty!
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03-05-2008, 06:44 PM
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Wow that is really cool looking! Thanks for sharing!
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03-05-2008, 11:14 PM
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Wow, I dont know Bulbophyllums very well, but that is a beauty.Isn't it funny how plants from the opposite sides of the globe resemble each other? To me it looks like a Masdevallia.!
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03-06-2008, 08:30 AM
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Lepanthes,
I know, doesn't it?? That's why I bought this one. I have a very very hot greenhouse in summer, and I have had a lot of disappointments trying to grow Masdevallias but I LOVE their flowers. So I bought this Bulbo that's very "Masdie-like".
Here is another...this photo isn't as good, the camera was focusing on the juvenile green jade vine inflo there I think instead of the flower...this one looks very similar to Bulbo blumei, its Bulbo masdevalliaceum:
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03-06-2008, 12:34 PM
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As far as I understand it, Bulbos and Pleurothallids are somewhat closely related, not quite the same alliance, but the next best thing.
That Bulbo is way too cool. I think Bulbophyllum, Cirrhopetalum (and others in Bulbo alliance)and Masdevallia are the coolest orchid genera in the family, along with Restripia, Dracula.
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03-06-2008, 01:28 PM
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I'm beginning to appreciate the odd ones more and more, especially the minis.
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03-06-2008, 02:39 PM
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Bulbos and Cirrhos are perfect for my greenhouse environment. I can hang them in the bauhinia trees and in the shade of some of the big tropical vines and they all like to be pretty wet. I have collected quite a few, most are mounted, but the ones in pots have crept over the sides and started trailing. I think they are way cool. I have a few new ones coming from Andy's, supposed to be here...TOMORROW!!!!!! Christmas!
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03-06-2008, 02:40 PM
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I've always liked blumei though I've never tried growing it.
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03-07-2008, 11:59 AM
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I love Bulbos and alliance, but I can never get them to rebloom. I have three genera,
Bulbophyllum, Cirrhopetalum, and Rhytionanthos plumatum
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