Bulbophyllum acuminatum

Bulbophyllum acumintum which is a small growing bulbophyllum rather than a miniature - in size about half way between B. roxburghii and B. longiflorum. 

The flowers are arranged in a similar way to B. roxburghii but have a rather jaunty up turned synsepal . All three of the species featured this week would have been described as cirropetalums before the more recent revisions of Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum accuminatum is fold in warm lowland forests from Borneo through Malaysia to Thailand. We have explored its habitat in Borneo where it experience rainfall throughout the year in evergreen forest and so we grow the species indoors in our IKEA cases (min 18C) with good light but not direct sun.

The species flowers on and off throughout the year .