Bulbophyllum bifarium
A small epiphytic Bulbophyllum of submontane and montane forest in West and Central Africa, best known from Mount Cameroon, Mount Kupe and the Bakossi Mountains. It is listed as Vulnerable because forest is being cleared for farming. It needs intermediate to cool, humid, well-ventilated conditions and grows best mounted or in a small basket.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte, occasionally on rocks, in moist submontane and montane forest. In Cameroon it grows on Mount Cameroon, Mount Kupe, the Bakossi Mountains and at Kodmin, and there are older collections along the Douala–Bimbia road. In Guinea it is recorded in the high valleys of the Nimba Mountains.
Wikipedia gives 800–1,800 m. The specimens with altitudes range from about 650 m to 2,055 m, and most are from 1,270–1,760 m.
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