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Bulbophyllum lobbii

Lobb's bulbophyllum

A widespread South-east Asian epiphytic orchid, from Myanmar and Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, with a subspecies reaching north-east India, Indochina and Luzon. Its single-leaved pseudobulbs are spaced along a creeping rhizome, and each carries one large, showy flower on its own stalk. It does best mounted or in a shallow basket, in warm-intermediate, humid, airy conditions with bright shade.

Bulbophyllum lobbii
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
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on trees in humid lowland to lower montane forest. Its rhizome creeps along branches and trunks in dappled light.

GBIF records with elevations run from about 110 m to (rarely) 3,000 m, with a median near 1,070 m; most plants grow at roughly 500–1,500 m.

MyanmarThailandIndochinaPeninsular MalaysiaSumatraJavaBorneoLesser Sunda IslandsPhilippines (Luzon)North-east India

🔒 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.