Sign in Start free
Species library › Bulbophyllum › Bulbophyllum membranifolium
Orchids Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Bulbophyllum membranifolium

Bulbophyllum membranifolium is an epiphytic orchid of Malesia, recorded from Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. Little is published about its ecology, so this profile relies on the few georeferenced herbarium records and on how similar Malesian Bulbophyllum grow. It suits an intermediate, humid, shaded orchid setup.

Bulbophyllum membranifolium
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Epiphyte in humid hill and lower montane forest. The details come from what is typical for the genus in Malesia, not from species-specific field notes.

Only one herbarium record gives an elevation, about 2,225 m in Borneo. The species probably also grows lower, in hill forest.

SumatraPeninsular MalaysiaBorneoPhilippines

🔒 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

Grow Bulbophyllum membranifolium? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum longiflorum Bulbophyllum gracillimum Bulbophyllum argyropus Bulbophyllum baileyi Bulbophyllum fenestratum Bulbophyllum macphersonii Bulbophyllum maxillare Bulbophyllum minutissimum Bulbophyllum raulersoniae Bulbophyllum schillerianum Bulbophyllum shepherdii Bulbophyllum teretifolium All 2219 →

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 2.0 licence, unmodified.