Masdevallia pterygiophora Luer & R.Escobar 1988 SUBGENUS Pygmaeia SECTION PygmaeaeLuer 1986
TYPE Drawing by Carl Luer
Original Drawing by © Padre Pedro Ortiz Conserved at the Herbario de la Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia
Common Name The Little Wing-Bearing Masdevallia [refers to the winged ovary]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Antioquia department of Colombia in woodlands at elevations of 1600 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with slender ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3, thin tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly obovate-linear, subacute to obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter on a slender, weak, suberect, .6 to 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract near the base and has a thin tubular floral bract.
Synonyms Diodonopsis pterygiophora (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Pteroon pterygiophorum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXI Masdevallia Part 2 Luer 2000 drawing fide; A Treasure of Masdevallia Vol 26 Luer & Dalstroem 2001 watercolors fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Pteroon pterygiophorum; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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