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Bulbophyllum bicoloratum

Two-colored bulbophyllum

A miniature Madagascan Bulbophyllum of section Lupulina, with small yellowish four-angled pseudobulbs on a thin rhizome and a short spike whose tip is covered by overlapping red bracts that almost hide the tiny flowers. It grows in humid evergreen forest at roughly 300–1100 m, so it wants warm to intermediate temperatures, high humidity and year-round moisture.

Bulbophyllum bicoloratum
Photo: Gamisch A, Staedler Y, Schonenberger J, Fischer G, Comes H. Photo: Rogier van Vugt (Leiden Botanical Garden)., CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte in humid, lowland to mid-elevation evergreen forest, including open forest on steep ridgetops; one record notes thin soil over rock and another trachyte rocks near Lake Itasy, so it may also grow on rocks.

IOSPE gives about 300–1000 m. GBIF records with an elevation run from 36 to 1128 m, with a median of about 800 m.

Madagascar

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.5 licence, unmodified.