Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918

Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of Dale Borders

Plant and Flower in situ Costa Rica Photo courtesy of Wilfried Löderbusch

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Common Name The Scrambling Barbosella

Flower Size 5/8" [1.5 cm]

Found from Costa Rica to Ecuador in wet montane cloud forests as an miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte at altitudes of 800 to 2500 meters with a short ramicaul carrying a single coriaceous, elongate, semi-terete leaf and blooms on an erect, 4 3/4" [12 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that is held above the leaves occuring in the spring and late fall.

Synonyms Barbosella brenesii Schltr. 1923; Barbosella caespitifica (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1974; Barbosella dussii (Cogn.) Dod 1986; Barbosella monstrabilis (Ames) Garay 1974; Barbosella tolimensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1974; Pleurothallis dussii Cogn 1909;

~Pleurothallis monstrabilis Ames 1923; Pleurothallis prorepens (Rchb. f.) Ames, C.E. Hubb. & C. Schweinf. 1934; Restrepia caespitifica F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.1928; *Restrepia prorepens Rchb. f. 1877; Restrepia tolimensis Kraenzl. 1928

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Minaiture Orchids Northen 1980; VAnishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005; Las Orquedias De Tachira Fernandez 2000; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990; Native Ecuadorian Orchids vol 1 Dodson 1994; Orchids of Bolivia Vasquez & Ibisch 2000; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Vol 2 Pabst - Dungs 1972; Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Icones Orchidacearum 5 & 6 Orchids Of Mexico Parts 2 & 3 Plate 525 Hagsater, Soto 2002