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Acineta barkeri (Acineta barkeri)

Description

It is a medium-sized plant, with epiphytic habit and ovoid pseudobulbs , slightly compressed, longitudinally sulcate and partially enveloped by fibrous sheaths that have 3 to 4 leaves, apical, erect, folded, coriaceous, elliptical, acuminate, attenuated and channeled below. base. It flowers in the summer in a basal inflorescence, hanging, cylindrical, racemose, slightly flexuous, 30 to 40 cm long, with 15 to 20 flowers, arising from a mature pseudobulb as it appears again growing, and with several brown brown bracts , tubular, scarious, and elliptical-ovate, which simultaneously make the opening of the fragrant flowers.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Acineta