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 Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil 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 ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1878 as Restrepia prorepens drawing; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Pleurothallis dussii; Schedul. Orchid. 6: 63. 1923 as Pleurothallis monstrabilis; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Vol 2 Pabst - Dungs 1972; Miniature Orchids Northen 1980; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II Orchids of Peru Plate 0009 Dodson & Bennett 1989; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990; Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Native Ecuadorian Orchids vol 1 Dodson 1994; Las Orquedias De Tachira Fernandez 2000; Orchids of Bolivia Vasquez & Ibisch 2000; Icones Orchidacearum 5 & 6 Orchids Of Mexico Parts 2 & 3 Plate 525 Hagsater, Soto 2002; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005;
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