Bulbophyllum chimaera
Bulbophyllum chimaera is a poorly documented epiphytic orchid from New Guinea, described by Rudolf Schlechter. Only a single wild record with coordinates exists, from the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, so growing advice here is a best estimate from that locality and from related New Guinea montane bulbophyllums. It is probably best treated as an intermediate-to-cool, constantly moist, humid grower.
Where it grows wild
No habitat notes are published for this species in the sources available. The single georeferenced record is in the PNG highlands, where most Bulbophyllum species grow as epiphytes on trunks and branches in moist lower-montane and mossy forest. Treat it as a moss-forest epiphyte until better information is available.
The record has no altitude. The climate grid cell for its coordinates sits at about 2,150 m, but the true collection altitude is unknown and could be considerably lower.
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