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Bulbophyllum claptonense

A poorly documented Bornean Bulbophyllum known from only a handful of records in Sabah. The measured site is humid hill forest at about 700 m, warm all year with steady rain, so it is grown as an intermediate-to-warm epiphyte kept humid and shaded.

Bulbophyllum claptonense
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 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

Presumably an epiphyte in humid hill forest, like most Bornean Bulbophyllum. The sources we could open give no habitat details for this species.

The only climate site is at about 720 m; the records carry no elevations.

Borneo

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.