Bulbophyllum pardalotum
 

Howdy, folks! Single bloom open for me now on this really amazing Bulbo. Can't take credit for it, just received the little guy a couple weeks ago.

Each of B. pardalotum's blooms open each morning and close each night.

This seems to be as open as he wants to be for me, but I wish he'd be more open. The photos are very true to color, but I wish I were better able to capture the detail of the spotty lines of red.

No fragrance. Just cute cute cute!

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...&pictureid=203

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...&pictureid=204

Nice one. Cute little guy and nice orange! It's a really nice looking plant too. Any "fragrance"?

Thanks, Royal! He is really cute. No fragrance on this one. Also, in terms of the color, it's not so much orange...the lines of red spots are much much more distinct than my photos do justice, and they are on a rich goldenrod background. So, probably, the lack of detail in my photos makes the red and goldenrod mix into more of a general orange.

Beautiful! I had this one for a short time. Got a division from an eBay vendor, but it didn't survive the shipping for very long. :_( Definitely one to try again.

very nice and I love the mount

Very cute!
Isn't it amazing that it can put that size bloom on such a thin little spike!
I want one :drool:

Oh, I love this one, Yvan. Those colors and shape are fantastic. And their habits...opening/closing, I find so curious, didn't know there were Bulbos that did that! Have to keep my eyes open to add this one to my collection.

Outstanding!

NICE!

Brooke

Bulbos are really different orchids! I like the orange color.

This is not what I'm used to with Bulbos (not that I grow any *sniff*)! Great one!

What a nice flower Yvan. Would you let all of us know how long this flower lasts? Thanks so much for sharing.

Pretty flower for sure, The color is wonderful!

Yvan,very interesting. How big are the flowers and what is the country of origin?

Thanks guys! Yeah, I am really in love with this little Bulbo! Below is Jay's IOSPE info. Also, for reference, the mount is about 3.5 inches long.

Flower Size 1 2/3" [4 cm]

Found in the Philippines as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with 1 1/4" to 1 5/8" spacing between each, 4 sided pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, ovate, leathery leaf that has an erect, basal, 1 2/3" [4 cm] long, slightly longer than the leaf inflorescence with a single flower, that opens each morning and closes each night, lasts for about 10 days and that can bloom at most any time of the year. This species needs to be mounted on tree fern or cork to accomodate the rambling plant habit.

IOSPE PHOTOS

I love this one....mine has bloomed once but I have not gotten it to bloom again for me :(

I did move it to a different location the other day as changing the culture a little seems to initiate some of my hesistant bloomers :)