Barbosella cogniauxiana (Speg. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918 SUBGENUS Barbosella Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Flicker Orchid Photostream

Specimen Plant Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista

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Common Name Cogniaux's Barbosella [French Botanist 1800's early 1900's]

Flower Size 1/2" [2 cm]

This Sao Paulo state, Brazilian, warm to cool growing, mini-miniature sized epiphyte in very wet, primary forests and has an erect ramicaul carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, light green, subulate, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect, 3" [7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that is held above the leaves and occurs in the spring.

Synonyms Barbosella handroi Hoehne 1934; Barbosella porschii (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918; Barbosella riograndensis Dutra ex Pabst 1959; Pleurothallis spegazziniana L.O. Williams 1941; Restrepia cogniauxiana Speg. & Kraenzl.1908; Restrepia porschii Kraenzl. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen #7 25-28 tafel 8 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 photo fide; Miniature Orchids Northen 1980 as B handroi; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Vol 2 Pabst - Dungs 1977 as B handroi; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as B handroi; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XX Luer 2000 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 5 2004 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 3 2005 photo; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 as B porschii photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 10 2008 photo

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