Bulbophyllum maximum

[LauraN]

Hi Slide,
I'm probably not the best person to give advice, as I hardly ever fertilize...
But, to answer your question, I do withhold some water and I usually don't fertilize in the winter. although this year I totally forgot to move it to my dry area and it has been getting regular water and has a spike started on it! So, go figure...

[slide1475]

hi LauraN,
thanks for the tips! i hadnt thought of separating my collection into a "dry area" for resting. that is very helpful.

[LauraN]

actually I looked today and there are 2 spikes coming and another new growth! Must be happy out there with sunny days and chilly nights...

[rtsingleton]

That looks very similar to bulbo purpurorchis (sp?), does anyone have experience with it?

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by Dorothy

I wanted to see what this one looked like so for those of you as curious as I am - Check it out here -
http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/bulbmaximum.jpg
IOSPE PHOTOS

It's quite unlike anything I have seen before.

Dorothy the name Bulbophyllum maximum did not mean a thing to me until I went to the website that you referred us to. Straight away the picture rang bells in my clouding up memory. This used to have another name but cannot remeber what it was (?Bulbophyllum platyrachis - will have to get out my book by Williamson on Orchids of South Central Africa i.e. Zambia to checK). It belongs to the section Megaclinium as does Bulbophyllum falcatum. We have 2 indigenous members of this section (sandersonii and scaberulum). I have this species but not sure under what name. I think mine (never flowered it yet because I was growing it too dark) has a green rachis rather than the red rachis in the picture on the websire.

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by Mike O'C

Dorothy the name Bulbophyllum maximum did not mean a thing to me until I went to the website that you referred us to. Straight away the picture rang bells in my clouding up memory. This used to have another name but cannot remeber what it was (?Bulbophyllum platyrachis - will have to get out my book by Williamson on Orchids of South Central Africa i.e. Zambia to checK). It belongs to the section Megaclinium as does Bulbophyllum falcatum. We have 2 indigenous members of this section (sandersonii and scaberulum). I have this species but not sure under what name. I think mine (never flowered it yet because I was growing it too dark) has a green rachis rather than the red rachis in the picture on the websire.

Dorothy before logging off for the night I checked my Vermeulen (Orchid Monographs Volum 2 : A taxonomic revision of the continental African Bulbophyllinae) and I have mine growing under the name Bulbophyllum oxypterum. Together with platyrachis they are synonyms for Bulbophyllum maximum. Hope that this helps.