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Light BulbophyllumPosizione luminosa
These plants prefer very bright places, but we should avoid direct sunrays, especially during the hottest days of the year. This plant prefers very bright locations, during this period of the year it is best to avoid direct sun rays.These plants are grown in apartment or in a temperated green house; they can be brought outdoors when the minimum temperatures are above 15° C.

Fertilize Bulbophyllum
Let’s avoid fertilizing our orchids during flowering; during the spring let’s act every 20-25 days, using a specific fertilizer, avoiding to leave fertilizing solutions in direct contact with the roots for too long.

Cultivation Bulbophyllum
Growing the stems and branches tend to develop downwards. These plants are shrubs. Bulbophyllum Is an evergreen; during winter iIt assumes a pinkwhite colouring; the adult specimens are medium in size and reach 60 cm high.

Water BulbophyllumTenere Umido
Water regularly, every 1-2 weeks , wetting the soil deeply with about 1-2 glasses of water ,but waiting for the substratum to dry completely between one watering and another; avoid leaving stagnant water. Orchids in general favour a pretty moist soil; to water correctly it is advisable to water these plants by immersion, therefore soaking the containers in water up to the edge; when the water has reached the top part of the substratum we can take out the vases and let the excess water drain well.

Pests Bulbophyllum
A treatment based on mineral oil or insecticide should be applied only in cases of infesting by parasites, paying attention not to vaporize the flowers.

Mold Bulbophyllum
They need an averagely drained cultivation substratum.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
3
0
0
0
3
0
continental
2
0
0
0
3
0
mediterranean
1
0
0
0
3
0

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Plant - Bulbophyllum

If desired, we can grow the The Bulbophyllum in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather mediterranean it is possible to choose another climate area alpine continental

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