Bulbophyllum wendlandianum

Bulbophyllum wendlandianum has dramatic 14cm flowers in bright red.

We originally kept this species under the name Cirrhopetalum collettii as the Bulbophyllums with their flowers produced in a ring were previously known as Cirrhopetalums. To add to the confusion Bulbophyllum collettii is a totally different species so it is great to have its identity sorted - for all our names we follow Kew's Plants of the World Online which is a great place to search for plant names as well as giving access to lots of herbarium sheet images to check plants against.

Bulbophyllum wendlandianum is native to Laos, Myanmar and Thailand but is not a species we have seen in travels to South East Asia. It is reported from hot lowland forests right up to 2000m altitude and we have found plants in cultivation to be tolerant of a wide range of conditions. Our plants grow high in our Cloud forest greenhouse and the high light conditions here induce plants to flower very freely (as you can see from the photographs). Flowers only last about a week but for that week plants look amazing. Plants are compact making this a great orchid to grow.