Masdevallia lilianae Luer 1991 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Coriaceae SUBSECTION Coriaceae [Rchb.f]Veitch 1889 Photo courtesy of Erica Moron de Abad © and Her Biorquidtropic Peru Lab Web Page

Head On View Photo by Ron Parsons © and His Orchid Photo Web Page

Common Name Lillian's Masdevallia [Mrs Severin - American Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Peru at elevations around 2300 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical-oblong, obtuse, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on a slender, erect, 4 1/4" to 6.2" [11 to 16 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising from above the base of the ramicaul, with a thin bract on the lower third and a tubular floral bract

Synonyms Byrsella lilianae (Luer) Luer 2006; Masdevallia melina Königer & J. Meza 1996

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXI Systematics of Masdevallia Part 2 Luer 2000; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXIII Systematics of Masdevellia Part 4 Luer 2002 drawing fide

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