Bulbophyllum melleum
An epiphytic Bulbophyllum from the humid evergreen forests of eastern Madagascar, known mainly from mid-elevation forest around Moramanga (Ambatovy) and the Vatomandry and Brickaville districts. It is assessed as Vulnerable. Little has been published about its growth, so the care advice here is based on its forest habitat and on related Malagasy Bulbophyllum species.
Where it grows wild
Humid evergreen rainforest on the eastern escarpment of Madagascar, including forest along rivers. Collections are herbarium specimens without habitat notes, but Malagasy Bulbophyllum of this forest type typically grow on trunks and branches in the shaded to partly shaded mid-canopy.
Specimen labels give about 410–1120 m, with most records at 1000–1120 m in the Ambatovy forests and others at 410–750 m further east.
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