Bulbophyllum jaapii

Bulbophyllum jaapii is a small epiphytic orchid known only from the summit area of Mount Kupe in Cameroon, around 1,600 to 1,800 m, described in 2001 from collections made in 1985. Almost nothing is published on its ecology beyond its being a common branch epiphyte in summit forest and scrub, so care must be inferred from the cloud-forest conditions of the mountain. Treat it as a cool-to-intermediate, constantly humid montane Bulbophyllum.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

Branch epiphyte in montane cloud forest and scrub on the summit of Mount Kupe, a 2,064 m peak in the Bakossi Mountains. Collectors in 1985 found it locally common, but a survey a decade later did not relocate it.

Collected between about 1,600 and 1,800 m on the Nyasoso trail and summit.

Cameroon

🔒 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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