Bifrenaria melanopoda Klotzsch 1855 Photo by © Linda & Mikael Karlbom, Sweden

Part shade Warm coolWinter

Common Name The Black Column Foot Bifrenaria

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais, Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in montane rainforests at elevations of 500 to 1000 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with conic-tetragon, slightly compressed pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, plicate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate leaves that blooms in the fall on a basal, 4 to 5 cm] long, 1 to few flowered inflorescence with obovate-lanceolate, envolute, acuminate floral bracts.

Synonyms Adipe melanopoda (Klotzsch) M.Wolff 1990; Stenocoryne melanopoda (Klotzsch) Hoehne 1944

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses 1 Plate 11 Campacci & Castro Neto 1988/1989

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