Bulbophyllum tahitense
An epiphytic Bulbophyllum from the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It has fleshy, upright leaves and pale yellow flowers veined with wine-red. It grows on mossy trunks of Hibiscus, Metrosideros, Fagraea and other trees, from lowland valleys to cloud-forest ridges. Grow it mounted, warm to intermediate, in humid air with bright, filtered light.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on moss-covered trunks and branches, often in moist valleys and shaded stream gullies. It also grows in the partly open, fairly sunny middle layer of Metrosideros forest on ridges and in mossy cloud forest. Labels describe plants 1–4 dm tall with fleshy, upright leaves and faintly scented, pale yellow flowers with maroon veins.
Wikipedia gives 70–800 m. Specimen labels range from near sea level to about 1600 m on Mont Marau in Tahiti, with most between 100 and 750 m.
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