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Bulbophyllum echinolabium

A Sulawesi epiphyte known for very large, long-lasting flowers that open one after another and smell of carrion. The horticultural literature puts it in riverine and primary forest at about 600–1,200 m. That means warm, humid, shaded conditions with slightly cooler nights than the lowlands, and a creeping rhizome that wants room.

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

Epiphytic on trees in primary and riverside (fluvial) forest, where air humidity stays high and light is filtered. Its widely spaced pseudobulbs sit along a creeping rhizome, so in the wild it spreads along branches instead of forming a tight clump. Field detail is thin: the habitat statements come from horticultural and encyclopedic sources, not a modern field study.

Horticultural sources give 600–1,200 m. No wild GBIF record carries an elevation, so this cannot be checked against measurements.

Indonesia: Sulawesi

🔒 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.