Bulbophyllum atropurpureum Barb. Rodr. 1877 SECTION Didactyle Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Orchidstudium
Another Flower Photos courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Archives, photo by George Kennedy Copyright ©
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 with .4" [1 cm] between each, conical, 4-angled psuedobulb and carrying a single, apical, stiff, light green, linear-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the fall in Brazil on a basal, stiff, fine, purple, 7.2" [18 cm] long, erect to arching then at right angles at rachis, several to many flowered inflorescence.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Orchidaceae Brasilense Pabst & Dungs 1976
