Bulbophyllum aestivale

Bulbophyllum aestivale Ames, Orchidaceae (Ames) 5: 164 (1915).

Bulbophyllum aestivale Ames, Photo by Alejandro Bolaños

Bulbophyllum aestivale Ames, Photo by Nello Marsilio

 its native range is Philippines (Leyte).

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum aestivale Ames

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Summer Flowered Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

With erect, pear to egg shaped pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, erect, elliptic-oblong, leathery leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on many, long, slender, erect to ascending, 10 cm long, single flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

At elevations of 500 to 600 m as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall and winter.

Flower size:

1.3 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: 

Intermediate Warm

Air Circulation: 

Medium

Light: 

Medium

Humidity: 

High

Fertilizer: 

Monthly

Typus: