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Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum

A small epiphytic Bulbophyllum endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. Its forests get a very wet south-west monsoon from June to October and a warm, dry, bright season from January to April, and plants in cultivation do best when that rhythm is copied.

Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte in the Western Ghats, recorded from Kodagu, the Nilgiris and the Kerala side of the range, where it grows in evergreen and semi-evergreen forest. Detailed microhabitat notes were not available in sources we could open.

The measured sites sit at about 1000 m and 1540 m, plus one lowland point at 18 m that is probably imprecise; most records point to mid elevations of roughly 800–1500 m.

India (Western Ghats)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.