Bulbophyllum scotinochiton
A small, creeping Bulbophyllum in section Plumata, known only from the Barisan Range near Lake Toba in northern Sumatra. It has four-angled pseudobulbs, single elliptic leaves about 4 cm long and solitary flowers on 10 cm stalks, with a white dorsal sepal and lateral sepals ranging from white to blackish purple. It grows in the understory of mossy montane oak forest at about 1,500 m, so it needs cool-intermediate temperatures, shade and constant humidity.
Where it grows wild
It is an epiphyte in the understory of mossy oak forest near Lake Toba. The collection site is described as a plateau with partly disturbed forest on volcanic soil. Mossy forest at this elevation is cool and often misty, with branches covered in moss.
Collected at about 1,460–1,500 m on the western flank of the Barisan Range.
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