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Bulbophyllum cupreum 'Mounted Plant' -spontaneous
 
 
 
 
Number: TN8835
Name: Bulbophyllum cupreum 'Mounted Plant' -spontaneous
Type: spontaneous    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Dr Sarah Pratt, Timbucktoo Orchids
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F. Typical bulbophyllum culture. Mounted on a wooden flat.
 
Comments: Parent plant: Small plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 77°F, nights 68°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 83°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Bulbophyllum   From Greek "bolbos" bulb; "phyllon" leaf. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of cupreum   From Latin "cupreus" copper-colored. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Bulbophyllum   bul-bo-FILL-um (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of cupreum   KOO-pree-um (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
See if we have plants available in the greenhouse.
Yield Estimate: 329 plants (based on flask surveys done 12/05/2019 through 01/20/2022)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 30 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 06/26/2020 through 06/25/2022)
From one most recently surveyed flask 40 - 80 mm (06/25/2022)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Myanmar (formerly Burma). This orchid was said to come from the Tenasserim region, but no other details were reported. Consequently, the following climate table and cultural suggestions are based on a wild guess on our part and should be used with extreme caution.
More about this information and the Bakers...
 
 

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