Masdevallia floribunda Lindl. 1843 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Minutae Rchb.f Ex Woolw. 1896

Maroon variety- Masdevallia tuerckheimii

Photos courtesy of Lourens Grobler.

to LATE to EARLY

Common Name The Easy-Blooming Masdevallia

Flower Size about 1" [to about 2.2 cm]

This is a cool to hot growing, miniature to small sized, tufted, epiphytic species from Belize, Mexico to Costa Rica and the Caribbean that is found at elevations of 400 to 1500 meters in damp forests with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 close, thin tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, oblong-lanceolate, petiolate leaf and blooms with a 3 to 5" [7.5 to 13 cm] long, slender, decumbent to erect inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul holding the single flower [often followed by a second] just above leaf height and occuring from June through September. Grow this one hot to cool, with moderate light and high humidity and either potted or mounted.

Synonyms Acinopetala floribunda (Lindl.) Luer 2006; Masdevallia burzlaffiana Koniger 1995; Masdevallia floribunda subsp. tuerckheimii (Ames) Luer 1988; Masdevallia galeottiana A. Rich & Galleotti 1845; Masdevallia lindeniana A. Rich & Gal. 1845; Masdevallia myriostigma C. Morr. 1869-70; Masdevallia tuerckheimii Ames 1908

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; . Systematics of Madevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Icones Orchidacearum I Plate 60 Hagsater & Salazar 1990; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXII Systematics of Maqsdevallia Part 3 Luer 2001

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