Barkeria skinneri
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Object Details
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- September to January
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2020-0373A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is up to 12" long with many pink flowers with a shovel-shaped lip. Flowers are 1.5 across and long-lasting.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Deciduous
- Range
- Mexico (Chiapas) to NW Guatemala
- Habitat
- On oaks and rocks in rainforests; 900-1900m
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Skinner's Barkeria
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Barkeria
- Species
- skinneri
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2020-0373A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7dd1f273f-0aae-49da-9aa2-23513d544747
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