Bulbophyllum proudlockii
A small, creeping epiphytic Bulbophyllum of section Tripudianthes, originally described as Cirrhopetalum proudlockii. Records come from the hills of southern India, mainly the Western Ghats of Karnataka (Chikmagalur, Mudigere, Hassan) and the Nilgiris. It flowers in the dry season, from about January to April. Species-specific cultivation information is thin, so these conditions are inferred from where it grows.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte in the Western Ghats hill forests, and probably also in the coffee-estate shade trees of Chikmagalur. No habitat notes accompany the records, so its exact position on the tree is inferred from related small bulbophyllums, which grow on well-lit branches and twigs.
Recent Karnataka observations cluster around Chikmagalur and Mudigere at roughly 900–1,200 m. An 1897 Nilgiri label reads '4000', almost certainly 4,000 ft (about 1,200 m), not metres.
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