Bulbophyllum kittredgei
A little-known epiphytic Bulbophyllum endemic to the Philippines, originally described as Synarmosepalum kittredgei. The few herbarium records with locality data come from Palawan, from primary lower montane forest at roughly 800–1,200 m, so it is best treated as an intermediate-temperature, humid-forest epiphyte. Almost nothing about it has been published for growers.
Where it grows wild
Primary lower montane forest on the mountains of Palawan (herbarium records from the Irawan River valley on the lower slopes of Mt. Beaufort and from Thumb Peak). As a Bulbophyllum it grows on trunks and branches, where it gets broken light and frequent mist.
Specimen labels give 800–900 m (Mt. Beaufort) and about 1,200 m (4,000 ft, Thumb Peak): lower montane rather than lowland forest.
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