“…In the field, Bulbophyllum involutum is easily recognized by its purple inflorescence (flowers, bracts, scape, and rachis), always with a single flower at anthesis, while B. warmingianum, B. longispicatum, and B. ipanemensis have green or greenish yellow inflorescences, with three to five flowers simultaneously at anthesis, as can be seen in the colored plates and descriptions of these species (Warming, 1883;Cogniaux, 1902;Hoehne, 1938). Those traits also aid in the recognition of B. involutum in herbarium material, since the purple coloration remains in its sepals, scape, and bracts.…”