Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis (De Wild.) Schltr 1914 SECTION Megaclinium Summerh. 1935 Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website.

Inflorescence Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Flower Closeup Photos By Dalton Holland Baptista

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Common Name The Purple Inflorescence Bulbophyllum

Flower Size About 1/2" long [about 1.25 cm]

Found in the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast and Zaire in lowland forests as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte, with ovoid to rectangular, flattened, 2 to 3 angled pseudobulbs carrying two apical, lanceolate, thick and coriaceous, narrwoing below into the shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms on an arching, to 38" [95 cm] long, flattened purple, rachis with the flowers in a longitudinal row on the flat sides that occur in the fall and winter.

Best grown in a large shallow pot, with regular fertilizing, hot to warm humid conditions, good air circulation and no direct sunlight.

Synonyms *Megaclinium purpureorhachis De Wild. 1902

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Monographs Vol 2 - A Taxonomic Revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae Vermeullen 1987 photo/drawing fide; Orchids of Africa in the wild and cultivation La Croix 1997; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo ok; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995

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