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Orchids Partly documented

Bulbophyllum fascinator

A small creeping epiphytic orchid from Northeast India to Southeast Asia and northern Malesia, famous for a single flower with very long, magenta-and-white striped floral segments up to about 32 cm. It grows on trees in warm, humid lowland and foothill forest. It is easiest on a mount or in a shallow basket in warm, humid, bright-shade conditions.

Bulbophyllum fascinator
Photo: Chritian Aparecido Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

A pseudobulbous epiphyte of lowland forest, creeping along branches with small pseudobulbs spaced along the rhizome. Little specific habitat detail is published.

Described as a lowland plant; one wild Bornean record (Bario, Sarawak) is at about 1000 m.

Northeast IndiaIndochinaBorneoMalaysia

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.