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Dark-stemmed barkeria (Barkeria melanocaulon)

Description

This miniature sized, hot to warm growing sometimes epiphytic and mostly lithophytic species is found in central Oaxaca state of Mexico in the transition zone between tropical deciduous forests and dry oak forests on limestone boulders or the trees above at elevations of 600 to 700 meters and has thickened, compressed, 3 to 8 noded stems enveloped completely by scarious, tubular leafless to leaf-bearing sheaths carrying 3 to 6, articulate to the leaf sheath, elliptic to narrowly ovate, acute, coriaceous to sub-fleshy leaves that blooms in the summer on a medium length to 5 7.5 cm long, laxly few to many flowered, racemose inflorescence arising from a newly developing stem carrying nonfragrant flowers.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Barkeria