Bifrenaria calcarata Barb.Rodr. 1882 Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Another Flower Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Orchidstudium

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Common Name or Meaning The Spurred Bifrenaria

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in montane rainforests at elevations of 300 to 900 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with conic-tetragon pseudobulbs carrying a single, plicate, erect, ellipitical-elongate, acuminate leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a basal, short, few flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers

Synonyms Bifrenaria barbosae V.P.Castro 1998

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 drawing ok; Orchidaceae Braziliense Band II Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 photo fid; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen lieferung 29 1777 - 1840 Brieger 1994 drawing/photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilense I Plate 004 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok; Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 2 Encyclias Campacci 2003; Orchidees du Bresil, As Orquideas da Serra do Castelo Espiritu Santo Brasil Vol 4 Chiron & Bolsanello 2014 drawing/photo fide;

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