He is SUCH a good lecturer. Entertaining, knowledgeable and self deprecating. The little plastic lids from yogurt or sour cream all the way up to the huge cool whip size are the magic trick. I watered 24 hours ago.



Now if I could just manage to apply fertilizer as frequently as he suggests.

Yesterday it was all about POO!! No, not that kind of poo!
Powers
Of
Observation. POO!

Look at your plants. Learn to understand what is going on with them.

You know, I never noticed the spelling error. I just never heard of that one with e or o.

Interesting, I grow Phrags during the indoor season on "saucers" but never would have thought of growing Bulbos that way.

I have another wonderful update on Bubophyllums under lights.

I recently got ahold of a 6 pack of Bulbophyllum species, my choice. I have a beautiful plant of Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Red Chimney', a Bulbophyllum macrobulbon, and 3 Bulbophyllum (Chirropetalum) mastersianums. That is the gorgeous orange flowered species that flower with the rounded umbel. I have them all in a seedling bark mix with seedling perlite and charcoal. In three weeks time, roots are popping everywhere. A few that were a little floppy from a lack of moisture have really perked up!!
A couple of hybrids, Bulb. Laura Newton, Bulb. Simply Aghast and a species called Bulbophyllum frostii are thriving after 4 months or so under lights. They really look good.
I water twice per week and they are sitting under the triple tube fixture, about 15" below. I fertilize with Jacks 20-20-20 once a month. Now I sit and wait to see a bloom spike here and there.

Frostii looks like little 'wooden shoes' and Red Chimney is redder but very similar to Elizabeth Anne but with much shorter segments. It is a gorgeous species.

that's terrific Bill! Can't wait to see them blooming their heads off for you. My little Khoon Meng has got a nice bud on it at the moment, this will be my first blooming of it. If there's anything in particular you are looking for we have a bazillion divisions of Bill's plants at great prices. Send a tree mail with your wish list.

I will keep that in mind. Thank you so much Lindsey!

Bill, that sounds like fun! Frostii is one of my favorites!

I have a cutie this week with two blooms - Bulbophyllum A-doribil Candy Ann

I just like those flowers! There is always so much going on with a Bulbophyllum flower!!

Those little doodaflatchies will do it every time!

Oh yes. Doodaflatchies!! I had forgotten that word.
I am going to use that word as soon as I can at judging!!

Lindsey, I would love to try some Bulbophyllum lobbii, Bulbophyllum sumatranum clones and Bulbophyllum Jim Clarkson. Why Jim Clarkson? This man, a judge, would always be there early with me for show judging! He made me feel welcomed as a NY guy coming to Florida North Central! We would talk anywhere from a half hour to forty five minutes before a show! Back and forth. Stories after stories. He really was a great man, made me feel so welcomed and never once did we talk about Orchids. Just life, families, children etc.
and suddenly he was gone. So sad! But I praise the Lord to this day for giving me the opportunity to get to know "one of his greatest creations, Jim Clarkson"!!!

I cried just as much when Sweet Emily went to be with Jim!!

This is Bulbophyllum palawanense. Every once in a while I find a great bargain on e-bay. This has about 25-28 growths with most having a leaf. There are 4 new growths I think in all with loads of roots.


The flowers are a golden yellow color with longitudinal stripes. They remind me of Bulbophyllum lobbii and sumatranum. It is in a 6" pot and it was only $30 with $11 shipping. I just could not resist.

Wow!

Yes yes yes yes yes!!!! As you can probably tell, I am excited.
Look at what I just found.








After growing bulbophyllums under lights for a little over a year now, I have my first flower spike! It is on an e-bay purchase of Bulbophyllum eberhartdii
Well, technically Cirrhopetalum eberhartdii. It is making a 4 or 5 flowered umbel. It looks as if it with be pink to red in color. According to the Orchid Wiz, where I just looked briefly, this is a synonym for Cirrhopetalum longissimum. That should be a pretty flower.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah!

I would be tickled pink!

Congratulations Bill!!!

I was just browsing through Emily Seigerist's book on Bulbophyllums and their allies and she has it listed as a synonym for Bulbophyllum/Cirrhopetalum picturatum. Oh wow!!! Picturatum is gorgeous!!
It is kind of arranged in an umbel and very dark red up by the dorsal and petals with lots of Doodaflatchies of the same color. The apical three quarters of the elongated sepals range from butter yellow, through old gold in color! Very nice contrast.

As a note: this is going to need repotting this Spring/Summer. It is all ready a BIG plant!!! I will let the "inner circle" know when divisions are available. This beauty just has to be spread around!!!
Ursula my love, I'll bring you a piece this July!!!

Oh my!!! 💕