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Bulbophyllum cephalophorum

A Philippine Bulbophyllum described by Garay, Hamer and Siegerist, placed in section Desmosanthes. Species in that group carry their small flowers crowded into a head at the tip of the stalk, which is what 'cephalophorum' (head-bearing) refers to. Almost nothing about its wild habitat is published. The only records are two specimens without a precise locality, so the care advice here is based on related warm-growing Philippine species.

Bulbophyllum cephalophorum
Photo: Raabbustamante, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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

The sources consulted give no habitat details. Like other section Desmosanthes species, it is presumably a small epiphyte with clustered pseudobulbs, growing on trunks and branches in humid forest. That is an inference from the genus and section, not an observation of this species.

Unknown. The two known specimens have no locality or elevation. Most Philippine Desmosanthes species grow in lowland to lower montane forest, which is the basis for the warm-intermediate targets here.

Philippines

🔒 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-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.