Bulbophyllum flabello-vernis Dark

Bulbophyllum flabello-vernis Dark is found in India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, penninsular Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia in semi-deciduous and evergreen forests on mossy rocks and tree bases at elevations of 300 to 1100 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a woody rhizome and 5cm between each conical, unevenly 5 angled, shiny pale green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong, shortly and obtusely bilobed apically, abruptly narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms on 2 to 3, basal, 15 to 22 cm cm long, shiny purple inflorescence with 3 tubular, acute bracts and narrowly lanceolate, acute, concave, reddish brown floral bracts all holding the 11 to 13 flowers above the leaf and held in an umbel.

This species requires regular watering and fertilizer, high humidity and good air circulation.