Bulbophyllum pseudohydra
A tiny, obscure epiphytic orchid, formerly the only species of the genus Chaseella, known from the high-rainfall Honde and Haroni valleys of eastern Zimbabwe. Records from Kenya and Rwanda are unconfirmed. Almost nothing about its ecology is published, so the care advice below is extrapolated from its habitat and should be treated as a best guess.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on trees ('on trees' is the only habitat note on the specimens) in the moist evergreen and riverine forest of Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands valleys, which get some of the highest rainfall in the country.
Not recorded. The Honde Valley floor lies at about 780-900 m and the Haroni-Rusitu forests are lower, at roughly 400-600 m, so a range of about 400-1,000 m is likely.
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