Masdevallia schizantha Kraenzl.1922 > SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Caudatae Veitch 1889
Photo by © Tom Sijm
Drawing by © Carl Luer and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
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Common Name or Meaning The Split Masdevallia [refers to the free sepal]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Norte de Santander department of Colombia in cloud forests at elevations of 2100 to 2700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with slender, erect, blackish ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3, loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, subacute to obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the cuneate petiolate base leaf that blooms in the later spring on an erect, slender, single flowered, 1.6" to 2.8" [4 to 7 cm] long inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract near the base and a tubular floral bract.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; 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; 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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