Bulbophyllum hirundinis
 

This has always been a very "fast" growing orchid for me. In fact, it is one of my first non-lepanthes orchids. It was crazy to see the root growth in this species. Even the flowers. Heck...I should have easily done a time lapse with this. Flowers opened in the span of hours to a single day once the spike was fully grown.

Anyways...a beautiful beautiful garland of flowers. My first ever bulbophyllum flowering. And so cute too.

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How unique and exotic! Wow, seems a good orchid for impatient growers like me. Does it smell ok?

A very elegant flower.

honestly I can't smell anything off of it at all. lol! Maybe I just don't have too sensitive smell sense. is it supposed to smell? lol

Do you grow in mounted or in a basket?
What are your conditions for hirundinis?
Are you going it on the warm conditions?

Beautiful!

Ha! A lot of bulbophyllums are notorious for smelling like things that flies like to eat... blech. Glad yours is not offensive :)

It is growing in intermediate conditions mounted on the bark flat it came with a lot of air movement. It is in an open tank..but there is the vent for the central air conditioning right above the tank...so the plants are constantly (multiple times a day) being exposed to this breeze. I mist/water them at least once to twice daily.

Very nice!

Thanks :)