Masdevallia floribunda Lindl. 1843 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Minutae Rchb.f Ex Woolw. 1896
Maroon variety- Masdevallia tuerckheimii
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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 ; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 6 1983 photo; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Icones Orchidacearum I Plate 60 Hagsater & Salazar 1990; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXII Systematics of Masdevallia Part 3 Luer 2001; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 7 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 3 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 10 2008 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 4 2008 photo
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