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Barbosella
(pronounced: bar-boh-SEL-lah)
Classification
Epidendreae subtribe Pleurothallidinae
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Overview
Caespitose to trailing epiphytes. Ramicauls short. Leaves one per ramicaul, oblong-oblanceolate, erect. Inflorescences erect, long-pedunculate scapes, the floral bract tubular +/- a sterile extension of the inflorescence axis. Flowers solitary. Dorsal sepal and petals free, the dorsal sepal an osmophore, the lateral sepals fused. Lip unlobed or three-lobed, with raised basal keels, the base conforming to the bulbous apex of the column foot. Column elongate, with a swollen column foot, the clinandrium hooded, the anther ventral; pollinia 4, naked.
Etymology
In honor of Brazilian botanist Dr. João Barbosa-Rodrigues (1842-1909).
Distribution
A genus of 15 species distributed from Nicaragua to Peru.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Barbosella in bulb pans with a fine-grade epiphyte mixture or on slabs with a pad of moisture-retaining material at the roots. Provide cool-intermediate temperatures, medium light levels, high humidity, and steady watering throughout the year.
Literature
Feldmann, P. and N. Barré 1991. Orchidées sauvages des Petites Antilles IV. Barbosella dussii (Cogn.) Dod: nouvelle espèce pour la Martinique. L’Orchidoph. 98:149-153. Hoehne, F. C. 1947. Barbosellae Brasiliae Australis novae varietates commutationesque in ipsius specierum nomenclatione. Arq. Bot. Edo. São Paulo, n. s., 2:74-76 (reprinted in OrquÃdea 11:30-34). Luer, C. A. 2000. Icones Pleurothallidinarum XX, Systematics of Jostia, Andinia, Barbosella, Barbrodria, & Pleurothallis subgen. Antilla, subgen. Effusia, subgen. Restrepioidea. Monogr. Syst. Bot. 79:1-140.
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