| Name | Bulbophyllum purpureum Thwaites |
| Authorship | Thwaites |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Bulbophyllum Thouars |
| Citation | 1864 Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 298 |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Bulbophyllum purpureum Thwaites |
| Identification made in | [no date] (4) |