Episode 13 This fragrant orchid smells of pineapples

Bulbophyllum elassonotum var. dark is an easy to grow winter flowering orchid that fills the air in our greenhouse with it's fruity pineapple scent for several weeks. In summer there is the bonus of the beautiful purple tinted young leaves.

[taniapotapova]

Indeed, absolutely wonderful orchid! The purple-tinted leaves and the orange flowers are a stunning combination! And the aroma!

[marcopaganelli]

OMG pine apples fragrance❤ I'm always in search for beautifully fragrant Bulbos and never new this one 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤ thank you for sharing this beauty❤❤❤❤

[newmanmansell]

Beautiful bulbophyllum Howard😌🙌💞Yes, I unfortunately cannot find any available at the moment, but it's on my wish list

[kellykittinger]

This is the orchid I'm searching for. Love my other Bulbophyllums ❤ thank you for the video

[rapbaniaishahlyngkhoi]

Hi!... your green house looking beautiful with full of orchids ❤️....me too I love orchids keep it up 👍👍

[jjskn]

You weren't joking. This is a hard one to find. Did locate one in france but dunno if I could go through the nightmare of importing it.

[DrNedu]

Sir, you have a huge collection of orchids, do you use Ro water for all of them

[BlaisZeroni]

This orchid looks absolutely wonderful, what a beautiful size you’ve let it grow to :) been looking for someone that can give me a cutting, but it seems that in the Netherlands no one has this plant. Such a shame, it seems that even though it is fairly big and unruly the looks and scent should more than make up for it :)
What are your minimum temperatures for this plant if I may ask?

[marygorchidsmore]

Hi Howard, following watching this video of yours, I fell in love with this bulbophyllum and bought it and got it today. It's been planted in sphagnum, wondered if the media is good for it or shall I change it to bark or mount it? Any advice in the care is highly appreciated.

[ChuckietheAce]

How would you even begin to repot something like this?

[karlsorchidparty]

WARNING! :D I have bought this plant as Bulbophyllum elassonotum from Hennis in Germany and... IT STINKS! :D It is the second day, the fragrance can really fill up an entire room, but to my nose it is like sour plastic. Asked my wife: WC-stone. Mother: Burned/cut plastic. Daughter (7 years): Kokos, maybe Hmmm.. I hope the fragrance develops a bit, but to me it is stinky. I will keep you updated, if anything has changed. This could be a variety thing. My flowers seem to be more yellow, the plant seems to be smaller & no experience with the colour of new growths. It could also be a my nose thing: Wanted to buy a Dendrobium parishii; went with my wife to the nursery, got a sniff: To me it was like artificial rhapsberries; asked my wife: mustard. :D Now I am a proud owner of a Dendrobium Nestor, wife: "Nice! Rhapsberries!" ...In my words: WTF... But, orchids and fragrances, a beautiful, sometimes funny thing... I, in my experience, can only join with the recommendation: Buy sniffed, if you can! The Cherry Baby has nothing chocoletty to me, unless your chocolate is made of vanilla and no cocoa. But the sotoanum has a cocoa note in it. And the Twinkle stinks of eggwhite to me. Ah, fragrances...