Barkeria barkeriola Rchb. f. 1884 Photo by © Orchi and the Wikimedia Website

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Common Name Barker's Barkeria

Flower Size 1 1/2" [2.5 to 3.5 cm]

Nayarit Mex., Collected on a small branch floating in a small swift stream, 5 klm East of Huacicori, Alt was 100m. This southwestern Mexican epiphytic species occurs at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters on trees and shrubs on the Pacific coast with slender, swollen spindle shaped pseudobulbs carrying thin apical, deciduous leaves that fall before it blooms on an apical, 8 3/4" [27 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with to 10 flowers occuring in the late summer and fall.

Synonyms Epidendrum barkeriola Rchb.f 1884

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 2 1980 photo fide; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985; An Introduction to the Orchids of Mexico Wiard 1987; Orchids of Guatemala and Belize Ames and Correll 1985; Miniature Orchids Northen 1980; Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 4 1993 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 no 2 1995; The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 5 Withner 1998 drawing/photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 69 No 6 2004/5 photo;

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