Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst
Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu menu

Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst
Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
Register Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst Members Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst Today's PostsBifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
Go Back   Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! > >
Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-14-2008, 08:09 PM
Rosim_in_BR Rosim_in_BR is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Aug 2007
Zone: 11
Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil
Posts: 4,044
Default Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst

This is a relatively large plant with angled pseudo bulbs and showy flowers. The flowers have a distinctively long calcar, or spurlike structure, and Hoehne, taking this into account, described it as B. tyrianthina var. magnicalcarata. Pabst was convinced that the long calcar was a characteristic strong enough to allow splitting it into its own taxon and elevated it to species category. What is hard to understand is why Kew Checklist insists in placing it as a synonym to B. tyrianthina!

Here are the flowers:
Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The plant and flowers:
Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Detail of the hairy lip:
Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-15-2008, 01:19 PM
tuvoc tuvoc is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Aug 2007
Zone: 7a
Member of:AOS
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 7,362
Bifrenaria magnicalcarata (Hoehne) Pabst Male
Default

Lovely, Mauro. I'm thinking I should try one or two.

Kim
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-15-2008, 01:46 PM
kavanaru kavanaru is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Oct 2007
Zone: 7b
Posts: 3,623
Default

great plant, Mauro! How large is it?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-15-2008, 03:41 PM
Chubidubi Chubidubi is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Apr 2008
Zone: 11
Location: Puerto Rico
Age: 54
Posts: 2,158
Default

She's really cute, Mauro.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-15-2008, 04:34 PM
camille1585's Avatar
camille1585 camille1585 is offline
Administrator
 

Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: middle of the Netherlands
Posts: 13,773
Default

That's a very beautiful orchid! I love the hairy lip Do the blooms stay a bit 'cupped' or do they open further later?
__________________
Camille

Completely orchid obsessed and loving every minute of it....

My Orchid Photos
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-16-2008, 09:10 PM
Rosim_in_BR Rosim_in_BR is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Aug 2007
Zone: 11
Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil
Posts: 4,044
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kavanaru View Post
great plant, Mauro! How large is it?
The plant is in a 25cm (diameter) pot and already at the rim and is 35cm tall, Ramón. But Bifrenarias are cool plants! Today I photographed another species I grow, Bifrenaria silvana, which is not taller than 8 cm!! A true mini species! I'm posting it soon.


Quote:
Originally Posted by camille1585 View Post
That's a very beautiful orchid! I love the hairy lip Do the blooms stay a bit 'cupped' or do they open further later?
Yes, Camille, they are not flat, they are a little bell shapped. But that's exactly, in my opinion, what makes them so cool! Bifrenaria reminds me a little of some Lycastes which I can't grow here (temperatures) !
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-16-2008, 11:27 PM
jkofferdahl jkofferdahl is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: May 2008
Zone: 7b
Location: Smyrna, Georgia
Age: 68
Posts: 3,014
Default

Mauro, no matter what you post pictures of, I enjoy looking. Your photos are always brilliant! Thank you for sharing.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 11-16-2008, 11:32 PM
kavanaru kavanaru is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Oct 2007
Zone: 7b
Posts: 3,623
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosim_in_BR View Post
The plant is in a 25cm (diameter) pot and already at the rim and is 35cm tall, Ramón. But Bifrenarias are cool plants! Today I photographed another species I grow, Bifrenaria silvana, which is not taller than 8 cm!! A true mini species! I'm posting it soon!
Thanks, Mauro! I also checked for the silvana.. wow, another beauty... looking forward to seeing the pictures of your plant
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 11-17-2008, 10:17 PM
Sandy4453 Sandy4453 is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jul 2007
Zone: 10a
Location: South East Coast of Florida
Age: 71
Posts: 1,943
Default

:iagree: with everything jkofferdahl said.

It's always a treat seeing what you've posted.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 11-27-2008, 04:28 PM
betoguerrero betoguerrero is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Quito
Posts: 972
Default

HI MAURO
Your photos are spectacular, can you tell me what kind of camera and lenses you use ??? The lip is taken by a macro isn't it...
That plant is beutifull... CONGRATS!!!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
bifrenaria, flowers, hoehne, magnicalcarata, pabst


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bifrenaria mellicolor vs. Bifrenaria calcarata Frdemetr Maxillaria Alliance 8 08-06-2008 08:40 PM
Cattleya silvana Pabst Rosim_in_BR Cattleya Alliance 12 03-30-2008 06:50 PM
Bifrenaria magnicalcarata Rosim_in_BR Dendrobium Alliance 3 11-20-2007 08:42 PM
Bifrenaria inodora question smweaver Maxillaria Alliance 9 09-17-2007 11:27 AM
Bifrenaria stefanae Frdemetr Dendrobium Alliance 15 04-10-2007 03:36 AM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:35 PM.

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Feedback Buttons provided by Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.