Bulbo longicaudatum

[Rick]

I got a piece of this B. longicaudatum from either ChrisFL or Goods. It's a very cool flower but tiny.




Some say its a variety of blumei, so I took a side by side with a spent blumei flower for comparison.


The growth habit is also much smaller


I don't see how these could be the same species since the pollinators would need to be a totally different size too.

Bulbo diversity is amazing.

 

[eaborne]

Neat!

 

[ChrisFL]

Nice Rick! Either way, the clonal name is "Olasana's Ndani", since Zach got his plant from me. It's one of my faves. Fast grower, compact, rare. People who think it's a variety of blumei or masdevalliaceum have point blank never seen it in person.

 

[Rick]

Nice Rick! Either way, the clonal name is "Olasana's Ndani", since Zach got his plant from me. It's one of my faves. Fast grower, compact, rare. People who think it's a variety of blumei or masdevalliaceum have point blank never seen it in person.

Thanks Chris. I think this little guy will be amazing with multiple flower spikes going at once. I think its also pretty neat how long the spikes are relative to the size of the plant.

 

[SlipperFan]

May be two different species, but it is interesting how similar they look.

 

[goods]

Nice Rick! You must have gotten one of Chris's divisions because mine is just now growing at the speed where I'd consider dividing it. This is one of those plants I want to see as a large specimen with many spikes. Mine had two blooms earlier this year, and I see another forming now.

Chris, thanks for the clonal name info. What's the background behind that name if you don't mind me asking?

 

[ChrisFL]

Zach, it's a reference to the Ndani or Dani people of the PNG Central Highlands.

 

[phrag guy]

it is neat for sure