Barbosella cucullata

[ronaldhanko]

Needs to be grown a bit dry.



Orchids in Bloom: Barbosella cucullata

[jrodpad]

Spectacular. It has a sort of liquid metal feel to it. Thanks for sharing Ron.

- J

[ronaldhanko]

The color is incredible, J. I'm going to post another closer shot of it in the near future.

[Bud]

This is quite an interesting flower. Not only the beautiful color and form but the ratio of the spike to the leaves gives it a better chance to be pollinated by insects....

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, Bud. It would be interesting to know what pollinates it.

[Bud]

I assume that small tiny ants and tiny flying insects could do the job. A bee or a fly would decimate its polinia looking at how the pollen might not even stick to the tip of a toothpick.

[ronaldhanko]

It must indeed be something tiny. With something this small I need a strong hand lens to find the pollinia and where they go.

[Tindomul]

I like this one a lot. A little dry you say?? I may have a spot for this one in my terrarium. Where did you get this one from?

[ronaldhanko]

I purchased this from Ecuagenera as B. hirtzii, a much more desirable species, but it turned out to be this rather common species (Ecuagenera gets a lot of names wrong). It did not do well or flower until it had developed a very thick pad of moss above the top of the pot in which it grew. The moss, obiously, did not hold a lot of water.

[WhiteRabbit]

Very cool!