NOID bulbophyllum ID

[astrid]

Hey all!

I got this in a $5 NOID bin at the orchid show today.

This is out of bloom, so the ID will be extremely tricky, but I am wondering if you have any guesses!

Hint #1:
This came from Seattle Orchid, so looking at their bulbophyllum selection *might* help you narrow this down.

Hint #2:
There is an old flower spike remaining all shriveled up on the plant. It is rather long and unbranched. Maybe this is a clue!

I want it to be bulbophyllum plumatum, but honestly I don't know! I am new to bulbophyllums.

[katrina]

So many bulbos look like that...you'll have to wait for blooms to get an id. Even then...might be tough to ID if it's a hybrid.


Unfortunately for you...I seriously doubt it's a plumatum because plum grows closer on the rhizome than that one. Much tighter grower than your pics show...you have a super rambler.

[astrid]

Originally Posted by katrina

So many bulbos look like that...you'll have to wait for blooms to get an id. Even then...might be tough to ID if it's a hybrid.


Unfortunately for you...I seriously doubt it's a plumatum because plum grows closer on the rhizome than that one. Much tighter grower than your pics show...you have a super rambler.

Well, we narrowed it down by one!!! Only something like 2,000 to go! Keep working, people!

[AnonYMouse]

If you want to work from that angle, it is NOT:

barbigerum
vaginatum
wallichii
purpurascens

There's my contribution to this thread.

[astrid]

I always chuckle when I read bulbophyllum vaginatum's name...
#adult

Anyway, now we're down to about 1,995 possible IDs. Thank you for your assistance. XD

Then again... the number 2,000 seems to cover species, not any hybrids...

[Optimist]

I was just crusing youtube and see you have a channel. This was on your aos haul video. Watched that and the dends you got from Seattle Orchid for 10 bucks each! What a haul! Could it be bulbophylum grandiflorum? Can't spell it. Anyway those bulbs are rather distinctive.

[astrid]

Originally Posted by Optimist

I was just crusing youtube and see you have a channel. This was on your aos haul video. Watched that and the dends you got from Seattle Orchid for 10 bucks each! What a haul! Could it be bulbophylum grandiflorum? Can't spell it. Anyway those bulbs are rather distinctive.

I would say that's a good guess! I think that they sell those, so it is possible and the bulbs do look similar.

Maybe I'll just treat it like a grandiflorum and see if it blooms for me. I would be a little sad because I think those flowers are ugly, but it was only $5 and I need bulbo experience!!

Thanks for noticing my youtube channel as well! <3

[Optimist]

Ah, I found out how to tell. Smell the plant. Does it smell like pepper? Then it is grandiflorum.

As far as beauty. Meh. I think the bulbo attraction is unusual flowers and unusual stratagies for attracting pollinators. This plant is kind of like a trap for some pollinator. I mean really, flowers are for the benifit of the continuation of their species. Human tastes do not enter into the picture.

[astrid]

Originally Posted by Optimist

Ah, I found out how to tell. Smell the plant. Does it smell like pepper? Then it is grandiflorum.

As far as beauty. Meh. I think the bulbo attraction is unusual flowers and unusual stratagies for attracting pollinators. This plant is kind of like a trap for some pollinator. I mean really, flowers are for the benifit of the continuation of their species. Human tastes do not enter into the picture.

Human tastes enter into the picture quite a lot if you consider which orchids are cultivated and which are not, which are hybridized and which are not, and so on.

Human tastes especially come into my home growing equation! If it's not to my taste, away it goes!!

Thanks for the tip! I just sniffed the plant and it doesn't smell like much, so maybe it isn't grandiflorum after all... The mystery continues!!

[sbrofio]

it's also NOT from macrobulbon section (gone 7 other species)