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title: "I had obtained a Bulbophyllum and started noticing about a month ago…"
description: "I had obtained a Bulbophyllum and started noticing about a month ago that portions of a leaf or two had elevated off the soil with the roots exposed, and the…"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "Mary"
published: "2024-08-30T22:27:59.250702Z"
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# I had obtained a Bulbophyllum and started noticing about a month ago…

_Posted by Mary on 2024-08-30_

I had obtained a Bulbophyllum and started noticing about a month ago that portions of a leaf or two had elevated off the soil with the roots exposed, and the body of the bulb formed a black sheath-like structure. Emerging from each of them is a green shoot. What am I seeing?

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/WReEN22F-xPB2hoHEP6DM3tys2ytdKoOGPEd5AfbLMw/K-APPGqCSLOEEgr8dUf_qA.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/WReEN22F-xPB2hoHEP6DM3tys2ytdKoOGPEd5AfbLMw/G4aoj5uESIKusm0e-Bi5bA.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### Jen commented on 2024-08-31

I don’t have a lot of experience with bulbophyllums, but based on my knowledge of other orchid types with pseudobulbs, the browning portion just looks like a dried leaf/sheath with potentially, a flower spike emerging from it. The one on the right could certainly be a root tip, but the picture on the left definitely looks more like a flower spike.

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2024-08-31

Same, no practical experience with these, but all this reminds me of my cattleyas.

I agree the brown portions look like dried leaf sheathes.

My guess is the shoots are new pseudobulbs forming.

Maybe?

#### Mary replied on 2024-09-01

I hope so!

### Mary commented on 2024-09-01

It is so strange how they have risen up above the soil. I have never seen anything like it.

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