Masdevallia alphonsiana L.E.Matthews 2018 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Caudatae Veitch 1889
Photos /TYPE Drawing by Alphonso Doucette ©
Common Name Alphonso's Masdevallia [Doucette, American Botanist current]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Colombia without locational or elevational data as a mini-miniature sized, caespitose epiphyte with erect, terete ramicauls enveloped by 3, papery, compressed sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, spathulate, obtuse, channeled below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the summer on an ascending, peduncle terete, 3.28" [7.7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with tubular to inflated, compressed, membraneous, shorter than the pedicel floral bracts.
"Most similar to M cloesii but is distinguished by the spotted sepals lacking an eyespot, a pandurate lip and the more acute retrorse tooth at the base of the petal. ." Matthews 2018 2000
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * OrchideenJ. 6(3): 5 Matthews 2018 drawing/photo fide
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