Barkeria halbingeri Thien 1973 - See Barkeria melanocaulon A. Rich & Gal 1845 Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz and the Atlanta Botanical Garden ©

Common Name Halbinger's Barkeria

Flower Size 2 1/4" [4.5 cm]

Found in Mexico in the state of Oaxaca as a lithophyte where it blooms on a 6" [15 cm] long, many flowered, racemose inflorescence occuring in the spring. Even though it is a lithophyte it does well mounted to wood and given hot to cool conditions with bright light and a reduction of fertilizer and water in the winter.

Often cited as a synonymn of Barkeria melanocaulon.