Bulbophyllum macphersonii
A tiny creeping Bulbophyllum from Queensland, with pseudobulbs only 1-2 mm across, each topped by a small leaf. It bears single dark red to purple flowers about a centimetre long, each with a hair-fringed lip that quivers in the slightest draught. It grows in mats on trees, rocks and cliff faces in sheltered rainforest and open forest, often on the Atherton Tableland around 900 m. Mount it, keep it evenly humid with gentle air movement, and give it intermediate temperatures.
Where it grows wild
It grows as an epiphyte or lithophyte on trees, rocks and cliff faces in sheltered rainforest and open forest. The very small pseudobulbs hold little water, so it depends on sheltered, humid microsites that mist and dew keep moist.
Recorded elevations run from 4 to 1229 m, with a median of 900 m (67 records). Most records come from the Atherton Tableland and nearby ranges, so this is largely an upland, intermediate-temperature plant.
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