Masdevallia affinis Lindl. 1846

Subgen. Masdevallia sect. Masdevallia subsect Masdevallia

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Common Name or Meaning The Similar Masdevallia

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Venezuela and Colombia in paramo at elevations of 2500 to 2800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing terreestrial or epiphyte low down on trees with erect, ramicauls enveloped basally by a loose, inflated, tubular sheath and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic, contracted petiolate base leaf that blooms in the winter through summer on an erect, 5" [12.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a very pale green, acuminate bract at the apex

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1966; ;