Bulbophyllum reptans
A small creeping epiphytic orchid from the Himalaya, southern China and mainland South-East Asia, with a long rhizome, well-spaced small pseudobulbs and a single leaf on each. It comes from montane forest, so it wants mild temperatures, a clear night drop, bright shade and humid, moving air. Grow it mounted or in a wide shallow basket so the rhizome can wander.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on tree trunks and branches, and sometimes mossy rocks, in evergreen and mixed montane forest. The creeping rhizome runs over bark with pseudobulbs spaced along it. Detailed habitat notes could not be checked for this profile.
No elevation data were available. Its range across the Himalaya, Assam, Yunnan and the northern Indochinese mountains suggests mainly submontane to montane forest, probably around 1,000–2,500 m, but this is an estimate.
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