Bulbophyllum pardalotum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist

 Bulbophyllum pardalotum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist, Lindleyana 10(3): 177 (1995) (1995).

Bulbophyllum pardalotum Garay, Photos by Naoyoshi Takei

Bulbophyllum pardalotum Garay, Photos by Lubomír Grünwald

Bulbophyllum pardalotum Garay, Photos by Alejandro Bolaños

its native range is Philippines.

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum pardalotum Garay

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Leopard Spotted Bulbophyllum (refers to the spotting on the sepals and petals).

Description: 

With to 4 cm between each, ovoid to tetragonal pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect to suberect, leathery, ovate to narrowly oblong, obtuse, subpetiolate base leaf that blooms at most any time of the year on an erect, basal, 4 to 9 cm long, filiform, slightly longer than the leaf, single flowered inflorescence carrying resupinate flower that opens each morning and closes each night and lasts for about 10 days.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

At elevations of 1500 to 2000 m as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms at any time of the year.

Flower size:

4.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright to Shade; 2000-3000 Footcandles (bright indirect light,strong shadowing)

Temperature:

Intermediate to Warm; 58°F min. to 88°F max.

Watering:

Moist/Daily Watering; 4-7 waterings per week

Typus:

Type Information: Distribution Of Types

New Guinea (Papua New Guinea).