Object Details
- Description
- This is one of the most common Bifrenaria, and also one of the easiest to recognize due to its brightly colored flowers. As hinted at by its common name, the flowers can be quite color variable, from yellow, to orange, to slightly red.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (Eufriesea violacea)
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Accession Number
- 2015-2030A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect to pendulous inflorescence is 5-12" long with 3-15 yellow-orange flowers. Flowers are 1" across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant (faint)
- Range
- E to S Brazil
- Habitat
- Montane rainforests; 200-1500m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Golden-Red-Yellow Bifrenaria
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Bifrenaria
- Species
- aureofulva
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-2030A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax72384fcc7-0cd0-405b-9b69-b95df3cf3837
