Bulbophyllum lasiochilum

Shaggy-lipped Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum lasiochilum, the shaggy-lipped bulbophyllum, is a creeping epiphytic orchid of India, Myanmar, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. It grows in wet or seasonally dry forests and blooms in autumn. Grow it warm, on a mount, with a slightly drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Wikipedia gives its habitat as wet or seasonally dry forests. In those forests it grows as an epiphyte, with a creeping rhizome and pseudobulbs spaced along branches. No source we consulted gives canopy height or microhabitat detail.

No elevation data in the sources consulted. GBIF holds only a handful of wild records, and most of its 43 records are cultivated plants outside Asia.

IndiaMyanmarThailandMalaysia

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.