| Barkeria skinneri photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Bateman ex Lindley) Richard, Achille & Galeotti, Henri Guillaume |
| published in | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 18 : 506 1844 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Barkeria Knowler & Westcott 1838 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | rain forests in Mexico (Chiapas, La Trinitaria, Motozintla), Guatemala (Amatitian, Mixco, Huehuetenango, |
| Casillas, Jalapa, Santa Rosa), Costa Rica | ||
| altitude | 1102 - 1800 m (3637 - 5940 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ocotepec (Chiapas, Mexico) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1450 m / 4785 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ocotepec this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 - 50 cm (12" - 20"), apical |
| nr flowers | 20 - 30 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 6 cm (2" L 2.4") - inflorescence 20 L 11 cm (8" L 4.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 90 days | |
| waiting | to bloom from birth, ≈ 150 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
