Bulbophyllum schmidii
Bulbophyllum schmidii is a New Guinea highland epiphyte in section Hyalosema, the group with large single flowers and a long, tapering dorsal sepal. Herbarium collections come from montane ridge forest at roughly 1850 to 2900 m, so this is a cool-growing plant that wants constant moisture and mild days. Beyond those collections the species is poorly documented, so much of the care advice here is inferred from its habitat and from related Hyalosema species.
Where it grows wild
Specimens from Woitape in Central Province, Papua New Guinea, were taken in montane ridge forest about 25 m tall with little undergrowth, on steep slopes with scattered Araucaria. It grows as an epiphyte in cloud-prone forest where the air is cool and humid almost all year.
The collections were made at 1850 to 2900 m, and most fall at 2100 to 2300 m. Two further specimens from western New Guinea are labelled 2500 m.
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