Bulbophyllum lilacinum Ridl. 1896 SECTION Careyana Pfitzer 1888 Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©

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Common Name The Lilac Bulbophyllum [refers to the color]

Flower Size 1/4" [6 mm]

Found in Northern Penninsular Malaysia and Thailand as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 5" between each narrowly ovoid, slightly 4-angled, smooth pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, fleshy, oblong, apically shortly blunt-pointed leaf with the base narrowing to a short petiole that blooms on a 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long inflorescence enveloped by a few large sheaths and the drooping, densly many flowered rhachis is 6" [15 cm] long and has flowers thqat do not open widely. This orchid needs a tree fern mount, partial shade, high humidity and regular water and fertilizer.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum lilacinum var. sorocianum M.Ahmed 1994

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Teo 1985; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; ` Orchids of Malaya Holtum 1953; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfadden and Wood 1992;