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Bulbophyllum lindleyanum

A small epiphytic Bulbophyllum of section Hirtula from India, Myanmar and Thailand. It has clustered, flattened-round pseudobulbs, each with one leaf, and in winter it produces nodding, hairy spikes of 9–25 tiny, hairy flowers. Little habitat information has been published, so grow it as an intermediate to warm monsoon-forest epiphyte.

Bulbophyllum lindleyanum
Photo: Orchi, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte in forest of mainland Southeast Asia and northeastern India. IOSPE describes it as warm to cool growing. The records do not describe its forest type or position in the canopy.

No elevation is recorded in the sources we could access; its warm-to-cool growing tolerance suggests lowland to lower montane forest.

IndiaMyanmarThailand

🔒 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.