Masdevallia coccinea Linden ex Lindl. 1846 subgen. Masdevallia sect. Masdevallia subsect Coccineae Veitch 1889 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Specimen Plant Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders
Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
Yellow FormPhotos courtesy of Jay Pfahl ©
to 
Common Name The Scarlet Masdevallia
Flower Size 1 1/2 to 3" [3.5 to 7.5 cm]
Found in Colombia and Peru as a cold growing terrestrial on sides of rocky cliffs with erect leaves that is found at elevations of 2400 to 2800 meters and blooms in the spring with short ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 close, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, oblong-lanceolate to spathulate, petiolate, rounded and minutely tridentate apically leaf that blooms on a slender, erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, slightly flexous, single flowered, inflorescence with a spotted bract at each node and the waxy, variable sized flowers held higher than the leaves.
Synonyms Masdevallia denisonii Dombrain 1872; Masdevallia harryana Rchb. f. 1871; Masdevallia lindenii André 1870; Masdevallia militaris Rchb.f 1854; Masdevallia venusta Schltr. 1921
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 1 Luer 1986; Systematics of Madevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986 as Masdevallia venusta; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXV Systematics of Masdevallia Part Five 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
