Dryadella barrowii???? - Orchid Board

ronaldhanko · #1 03-10-2013, 10:42 PM

Purchased as Masdevallia minuta this turned out to be a Dryadella, and I think it's barrowii, but if anyone knows better, I'd appreciate the help.

Orchids in Bloom: Dryadella barrowii

silken · #2 03-10-2013, 11:14 PM

Very nice, almost translucent!

SlipperGirl · #3 03-10-2013, 11:18 PM

sorry dont know what it is but its very pretty

ronaldhanko · #4 03-10-2013, 11:23 PM

Thanks, Silken and Hannah. I was rather pleased with it even though it wasn't what I ordered.

WhiteRabbit · #5 03-11-2013, 03:41 PM

Wow! Beautiful!

ronaldhanko · #6 03-11-2013, 06:17 PM

Thanks, Sonya. Always appreciate the time you spend checking our posts.

professor plant · #7 03-11-2013, 08:43 PM

I believe that is barrowii. I would email the pic to Karma Forester @ Orchidkarma.com. I think that I saw her post the same Dryadella, but it may be one that is constanly mislabeled and identified incorrectly.

Good luck on the ID. It's a great one, just like the others I have seen you post. Keep up the good work.

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When I fly back home if I have a barrowii (I lose track sometimes if they haven't bloomed yet) I will send you the plant pic so you can compare the two. Mine would be from Ecuagenera.

After looking a Jay's, from what I can see that is a barrowii, in my opinion.

ronaldhanko · #8 03-11-2013, 11:18 PM

Thanks, friend. Mine is from Ecuagenera, one of their mislabeled plants. It's always a bit of a lottery with them, though occasionally one strikes the jackpot, as with this (if it is barrowii). I'd rather have it than Masd. minuta any day.

unterallgaier · #9 03-12-2013, 07:09 PM

Hello Ron,

if you'd like to know the name of your plant you have to cut a flower into pieces.

Dryadella albicans:
http://orchid.unibas.ch/phpMyHerbari.../308031.1m.jpg

Dryadella barrowii:
http://orchid.unibas.ch/phpMyHerbari.../308032.3m.jpg

Here you can see my plant:

Dryadella?

It was identified as Dryadella barrowii.

ronaldhanko · #10 03-12-2013, 08:10 PM

I'd seen the drawing by Luer, but finally took a flower apart and it is almost certainly D. barrowii, from the shape of the lip, the spotting on the column, and on the base of the lip. Thanks ever so much for the pictures and information.