Bulbophyllum bootanoides syn frostii

[JDT]

First time blooming for me! I am posting the name that was on the tag when I purchased this one, in fact I could just say Bulbophyllum frostii and I would not be wrong!

[Sheryl]

Very cool Jack!

[Chris in Hamilton]

Nice! You've been potting a lot of your Bulbo?

[nora_cy_lee]

I have this species for years and it never bloom! So annoying!

[JDT]

Very cool Jack!

Thanks Sheryl!

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Nice! You've been potting a lot of your Bulbo?

Thanks Chris! Yes I have put over half of my bulbos that had been mounted into pots, I was not happy with what I was getting in growth and blooms while mounted. I did a little research on them in Emily Siegerist "Bulbophyllums and Their Allies" book and found the ones she things should be in pots instead of mounted, I have seen almost instant progress in most of them so far so glad I did, only used about 4K of sphagnum to get them all done! I think I am going to be very glad I did!

---------- Post Merged at 12:42 PM ----------

I have this species for years and it never bloom! So annoying!

Thanks Nora! What is yours potted in? I have learned thru the grapevine that this one really likes to be mounted on cork laying flat, I did not do this to mine when I repotted 2 months ago but I am going to move it to the cork after the bloom is done!

[nora_cy_lee]

Thanks Sheryl!

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Thanks Nora! What is yours potted in? I have learned thru the grapevine that this one really likes to be mounted on cork laying flat, I did not do this to mine when I repotted 2 months ago but I am going to move it to the cork after the bloom is done!

Sheryl, Mine is potted with moss in a plastic pot, not mounted. This will be a challenge if it must be mounted since I don't have a place for that. However, this does sound reasonable if it only likes to be mounted.

[JDT]

Sheryl, Mine is potted with moss in a plastic pot, not mounted. This will be a challenge if it must be mounted since I don't have a place for that. However, this does sound reasonable if it only likes to be mounted.

Nora, if you don't have a way to keep the mount then the plastic w/sphag might work, mine is currently in a clap pot w/sphag and it did bloom, I have recently heard they do better on mounts but that is not to say it won't boom! How much light does your get?

[nora_cy_lee]

Jack, It's in partial light.

[JDT]

Jack, It's in partial light.

My is under 60% shade cloth but gets sun most of the day.

[nora_cy_lee]

My is under 60% shade cloth but gets sun most of the day.

I don't give it full day sun, most likely this is the reason.