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Bulbophyllum cataractarum

A Madagascar endemic Bulbophyllum of section Lichenophylax, described by Schlechter in 1924. Its name means 'of the waterfalls'. Records run from 300 to 1300 m in eastern humid forest, where it is warm, wet and very humid, with a cooler winter.

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Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes were found. The epithet suggests it grows near waterfalls in constantly humid spray. It is presumably a small epiphyte on mossy bark or rock in eastern humid forest.

Recorded from 300 to 1300 m, median 700 m (10 records).

Madagascar

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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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