Masdevallia carruthersiana F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1925 SUBGENUS Polyantha SECTION Alaticaules SUBSECTION Alaticaules {Krzl.] Luer 1986 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name Carruther's Masdevallia [English Botanist early 1900's]

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in Ecuador at altitudes of 1200 to 2500 meters as a small sized, caespitose, epiphytic herb with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly elliptical, subacute to obtuse leaf that is narrowly cuneate below into the subpetiolate base that has a congested, many flowered, 12"+ [30 cm+], triangular inflorescence with imbricating floral bracts and successively opening, single flowers that are held well above the leaves occuring in the summer.

SynonymsAlaticaulia carruthersiana (F.Lehm. ex Kraenzl.) Luer 2006; Masdevallia margaretae Luer 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 288 Bennett & Christenson 1995; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XIX Systematics of Masdevallia Part 1 Luer 2000 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXV Systematics of Masdevallia Part Five 2005; Orchidaceae Masdevallia and Affiliates Dodson & Luer 2009 as Alaticaulia carruthersiana drawing fide;

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