Bulbophyllum longicaudatum

[goods]

Small species from Papua New Guinea. I grow this I-W with high humidity and daily watering.

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[SlipperKing]

Very dark. Frist time for me to see this species.

 

[Roth]

Before it was called 'blumei Papua' in the trade... Really nice blumei type, and easy to grow ( but difficult to buy).

 

[Rick]

Yup different from blumei, but proportionatly longer sepal "tails" and a hairier dorsla sepal. Also tails end in red spatula.

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice -- I thought it was blumei when I first saw it.

 

[goods]

Thanks everyone. I do find this one easy to grow. It's more than doubled in size in a year, but it isn't readily available. It's very similar to blumei, but it's a bit smaller plant with a large flower to plant ratio.

Something I found interesting when researching both species. IOSPE lists blumei in the section Stenochilus, while longicaudatum is in the section Ephippium. Another species that is similar to both of these is B. nasica, but it is equally as hard to find.

 

[W. Beetus]

Nice blooms.

 

[Rick]

Something I found interesting when researching both species. IOSPE lists blumei in the section Stenochilus, while longicaudatum is in the section Ephippium.

Probably just a typo / error. Siegerist and O'Byrne both have blumei (and or masdevaliacium) in Ephippium.

Actually blumei is the Type species (as Cirrhopetalum blumei 1830) for the Ephippium section. So I can't see how ISOPE is correct on this.

 

[ChrisFL]

Well done, Zach, good growing!