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Bulbophyllum lamingtonense

Cream rope orchid

A small creeping epiphyte endemic to the McPherson and Border Ranges on the Queensland–New South Wales border, with tiny pseudobulbs spaced along a rhizome, each carrying one fleshy, channelled leaf, and small cream-white flowers with yellow tips and an orange lip. It grows on trunks and larger branches in warm-temperate rainforest above about 700 m, often near cliffs and rainforest edges. It needs cool-intermediate, humid, airy conditions like the misty ranges it comes from.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-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

Mostly on trunks and larger branches of trees in warm-temperate rainforest, sometimes on rocks, especially near cliffs and at the rainforest edge where light is brighter and air moves freely. The ranges are often in cloud.

PlantNET gives above 700 m; the four dated records fall at 840–950 m, median 940 m.

South-east Queensland: McPherson Range, including Lamington National ParkNorth-east New South Wales: Border Ranges

🔒 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.