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!

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

Kim

great plant, Mauro! How large is it?

She's really cute, Mauro.

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

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.


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);) !

Mauro, no matter what you post pictures of, I enjoy looking. Your photos are always brilliant! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks, Mauro! I also checked for the silvana.. wow, another beauty... looking forward to seeing the pictures of your plant :)

:iagree: with everything jkofferdahl said.

It's always a treat seeing what you've posted.

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!!!