Masdevallia odontopetala Luer 1978 SUBGENUS Polyantha SECTION Alaticaules SUBSECTION Alaticaules [Krzl.] Luer 1986
Photo by © Lourens Grobler.
TYPE Drawing by Carl Luer
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Common Name The Toothed-Petal Masdevallia
Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]
Found in Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador at elevations of 1800 to 2200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, caespitose, cool to cold growing epiphyte with erect, stout ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, oblanceolate, tapering to the conduplicate base leaf that blooms in the summer and fall on a papery, arising from the base of the ramicaul with a basal bract, 8" [20 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence with tubular, smomewhat imbricating, shorter than the pedicel floral bracts with successive opening flowers held way above the leaf. Several flowers emerge from an apical raceme and are presented one at a time.
This species is characterized by having a long-pedicellate inflorescence carried by a slender peduncle that is much longer than the leaf. The dorsal sepal is connate into a shallow cup from which the lateral sepals expand. All the apices of the sepal end in long, slender tails and the petals are distinct in the long descending basal process.
Synonyms Alaticaulia odontopetala (Luer) Luer 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 288 Bennett & Christenson 1995; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XIX Systematics of Masdevallia Part 1 Luer 2000 drawing fide; A Treasure of Masdevallia Vol 25 Luer & Dalstroem 2000 watercolor/drawing fide; Masdevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 COS 2002; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Alaticaulia odontopetala; Orchidaceae Masdevallia and Affiliates Dodson & Luer 2009 as Alaticaulia odontopetala drawing fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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