Bulbophyllum arfakianum

"Bulbophyllum arfakianum Kraenzl. was found in the mountains of Arfak. It grows on high trees in rain forests at an altitude of up to 400 m, as well as on branches of solitary trees standing in open areas, for example, in cultivated fields or in river valleys."

Bulbophyllum arfakianum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(2): 250 (1904).

Bulbophyllum arfakianum Kraenzl., Photo by Mathew Jose Mathew

its native range is New Guinea.

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum arfakianum Kraenzl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum fraudulentum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist

Hyalosema arfakianum (Kraenzl.) Rysy

Hyalosema fraudulentum (Garay, Hamer & Siegerist) Rysy

English Name:

Arfak Mountain Bulbophyllum

Description: 

With an ascending growth habit and pseudobulbs that are 2.5 cm apart on the rhizome and blooms in the late winter and spring as well as late summer and fall on a to to 14 cm long, stout inflorescence with triangular bracts and carrying a solitary flower held well above the leaves.

Distribution:

New Guinea.

Ecological:

As a small sized, unifoliate, hot growing epiphyte at elevations of 50 to 400 m in rainforests, farmland margins and river valleys on tree branches.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late winter and spring as well as late summer and fall.

Flower size:

2.2 cm.

Cultivation:

LIGHT/LOCATION: shady

TEMPERATURE: warm (20 - 24 °C

WATERING: spray regularly

FERTILIZATION: once a month

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/618350-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:618350-1

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/01/bulbophyllum-arfakianum-care-and-culture.html

http://www.orchidsnewguinea.com/orchid-information/species/speciescode/206

http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbarfakianum.htm. 

http://pickanorchid.com/bulbophyllum-fritillariiflorum/

https://www.orchideen-wichmann.de/en/bulbophyllum-arfakianum.html