EMERGENCY with my NOID bulb

[let_it_grow]

So I received a NOID bulb as a gift a little while ago. My mother was at a grower bragging about my green thumb and the grower picked up a bulbophyllum scrap off the ground of the greenhouse and said "here, see if she can do something with this". I'm used to dens, phals, cyms, oncid and vandas. Had them all for years but I know nothing about this massive genera other than its one of the largest genera and they range from lithophytes to epiphytes. I'm hoping that someone with more experience can direct me on some vague requirements. She has very fine roots, aprox 1mm in diameter. All the roots were dead so I'm counting on back bulbs to provide enough for a new growth. The pseudobulbs are cylindrical and slender not fat and flattened like an oncid pseudobulb, the leaves are also slender but not spiky. Her largest pseudobulb is about 2" long and each bulb is spaced about 1 1/2 inches apart. The longest leaf is almost 6 inches off the pseudobulb and she is a medium green. Based on this information I'm guessing she is an epiphyte cause the bulbs are far apart and she likes sun cause her leaves are no wide. Any basic care info you can give would be much appreciated. I have setups for high humidity and light ranging from shade to full sun, I have shallow and deep pots, varying sizes of bark mixture, moss, mounts and terrarium availability. I just need to know what she needs

Help

[Bud]

you can contact the grower and ask what is the name of the Bulbophyllum you got...then you can search for a correct culture for it.
those descriptions you gave can be very misleading....especially if it might be a cold growing Bulbo...(pictures can be helpful)
if not then you can start research on Bulbophyllum culture and by process of elimination you can look at pictures similar to your plant.

[let_it_grow]

I contacted the grower and he had no idea what I was talking about lol. He had completely forgotten I guess. I looked at the list of bulbophyllums they sell but have had a hard time finding pictures to compare it to because people usually just post pictures of the flowers not the plant

[gnathaniel]

Most (though not all) of the commonly-cultivated Bulbophyllums appreciate high moisture, IW temps, and moderately bright light, and most will grow like weeds in the right conditions. I've had pretty good luck rehabbing divisions like yours in large plastic ziplocs, open at the top, with a good wad of moist sphagnum kept under the plant. Once you see new roots (usually after or along with initiation of a new growth, which can take a while) take the plant out of the bag, put it in a pot or basket (I like wood baskets with sphagnum and styrofoam peanuts) and start feeding and watering regularly. If you can post a picture of the plant that might help us narrow it down as to section/type, though culture is really similar for a lot of them. Hope this helps!

--Nat

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Please post a pic of your Bulbophyllum so that members have a better general idea of what kind of Bulbophyllum it is. We will not necessarily know what the specific Bulbophyllum is without a pic of the flower(s) unless the vegetation itself is very distinct, but certain sections of Bulbophyllum have similar looking traits to one another, and that is good enough to give experienced growers a general idea of how to guide you.

However...

As Nat already stated, high humidity will usually prompt new root growth.

[let_it_grow]

Does anyone know if there is a way to post pictures with the iPhone? I dont have internet at home on my computer yet, just moved. I can post a picture with my phone if anyone knows how to do it

[Susie11]

You'd have to upload your pic to photobucket or flickR or something like that- whichever one you have the app for on your iPhone- then you can copy and paste the URL into the webpage -orchidboard. Good luck there is a link on here with how to do it properly but I think that should be ok for you.

[Orquiadicto]

There in an App for mobiles and tablets called Tapatalk. I'm not sure if it is possible to upload pictures with it. There is a post about Tapatalk on this board. If not, you could send the pictures per email to a computer with internet connection and upload the pictures from there.

[let_it_grow]

Yeah I looked into the app and you have to pay for it and I don't know if you can upload pics with it so I'll hold off. I'll just go to McDonald's and steal their Internet for a bit to load the picture

[Orquiadicto]

I just want to try out if you can post pictures with Tapatalk. Here I go...