Bulbophyllum echinolabium - Orchid Board

Greenthumb.5 · #1 06-26-2013, 04:43 PM

I bought a large speciman about a year ago and it has greatly reduced its self to a meger two backbulbs that has no leads or any possible eyes from what I can see and is there any possible chance to bring it back from the dead. The backbulbs are still green and plump but the rhizome is a ashy brown color.

gnathaniel · #2 06-26-2013, 06:32 PM

It might come back, most Bulbos are pretty tough and vigorous. A picture would probably help in assessing.

A brown rhizome by itself isn't anything to be concerned about, that's typical of most Bulbos I've seen. And there are likely still some dormant eyes, they're not always as obvious in this genus as in some others; some species will even sprout off the middle of a rhizome.

If you have any LECA, stalite, or small quartz gravel around, I've had good results sprouting tiny divisions in a small pot of gravel sitting in a shallow dish of water at all times. Put this in a warm, bright, breezy place and don't let it dry out, ever. If you get a new growth, start fertilizing it lightly after new roots appear. Good luck!

Greenthumb.5 · #3 06-26-2013, 07:20 PM

Thank you so much but will check here for more information as I need to learn more and are Bulbophyllum echinolabium warm-growing and love to be moist at all times but like shade too?

Greenthumb.5 · #4 06-29-2013, 02:00 AM

Would these pictures help?
I am sorry if the pictures might be too large but I am definetly not a computer person.

Orchid itself
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui...line&safe=1&zw

And the orchid potted up into Aliflor in a pot in a cup for humidty
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui...line&safe=1&zw

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So is that what you meant? With the pot?

gnathaniel · #5 06-29-2013, 12:46 PM

Picture links aren't working, they look like they're to your gmail account? Probably good that they didn't work!

I think Rosie pointed you to this in another thread: tips for posting photos. Linking photos from a flickr or photobucket account is one easy way to to it, though the photos can later 'break' if you move the linked picture elsewhere in your account.

Greenthumb.5 · #6 06-29-2013, 01:19 PM

Sorry I will try photobucket but how can I post a picture from my Galaxy Samsung 3? I tried flicker to no success.

CTB · #7 06-29-2013, 06:08 PM

Upload your pictures to your flickr acct, or e-mail to yourself them move them around to where you can post them.

ZWUM · #8 06-29-2013, 10:14 PM

How did you grow the plant to begin with?

-Zach

Greenthumb.5 · #9 06-30-2013, 12:09 AM

I apologize about the links. Here is the links and the password is orchidgroup if you cannot access it. I think they will work.

Potted up backbulbs. Is this what you meant?

Potted Up Bulbophyllum Photo by BaileySantwire | Photobucket

And backbulbs themselves

Potted Up Bulbophyllum Photo by BaileySantwire | Photobucket

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Well they were in a warm shady spot and were watered every week during cooler months but every three days in warmer months and I did fertilize them. But that was in my questionable days as a true newbie. This batch lost all of their leaves by the fall of last year. So since I now know more than back then, I am trying to bring them back from the dead.

CTB · #10 06-30-2013, 07:07 AM

Mine are grown in spag and pots, they are in a tray of water Spring, Summer and Fall, outside. The only time they are watered from the top is in winter when they are inside and thats only once a week. They like to be wet, don't know of any growing well in clay or rock.