Bulbophyllum atropurpureum Barb. Rodr. 1877 SECTION Didactyle Photos courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Archives, photo by George Kennedy Copyright ©

Inflorescence in Cloud Forest

Another Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl Copyright ©

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Common Name The Black Purple Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in SE Brazil at elevations of 300 meters in cloud forests as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall in Brazil on a long, arching several to many flowered inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilense Pabst & Dungs 1976