Masdevallia pandurilabia C. Schweinf. SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Caudatae Veitch 1889
Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler.
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Common Name The Lute-Shaped Lip Masdevallia
Flower Size 2/5 to 3/5" [1 to 1.5 cm]
Found in Peru on shrubby slopes on low branches and in deep, leafy humus with constant rain, mist and dew beneath at around 2600 to 2800 meters as a miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 close, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, acute to subacute leaf that is narrowly cuneate into the slender petiole blooming in the spring and fall with an erect to arching, 7 1/2" [to 19 cm] long, slender, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract near the base and a tubular floral bract carrying a single flower held above the leaf.
Mounting or potting, cold to cool temperatures, high humidity and good air circulation as well as keeping it always moist ensures a healthy plant.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Masdevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXIII Systematics of Masdevallia Part 4 Luer 2002 drawing fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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