Bulbophyllum bracteatum

Blotched pineapple orchid

A tiny mat-forming Bulbophyllum from the ranges of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, with wrinkled pseudobulbs and dense spikes of cream flowers blotched purple from late winter to early summer. It grows high in the canopy of upland subtropical rainforest and occasionally on rock, so it wants bright filtered light, cool nights and a mount that dries quickly.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

The upper branches of rainforest trees in subtropical and warm-temperate upland rainforest, and rarely rock faces, forming dense mats of creeping rhizome.

The eight records with an elevation span 650–1100 m, median 970 m, which is the upland rainforest of the Bunya Mountains, McPherson Range and New England escarpment.

Southeast QueenslandNorthern New South Wales

🔒 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.