Masdevallia singeri Luer & Sijm 2010 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Caudatae Veitch 1889

Photo by © Tom Sijm

TYPE Drawing

TYPE Drawing by © Stig Dalstrom and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at hthe Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Deep Shade EARLY Fall

Common Name or Meaning Singer's Masdevallia [Dutch Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Amazonas department of Peru without elevational data as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on an slender, suberect, .8 " [2 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a bract near the base, arising from low on the ramicaul and has a tubular floral bract.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXXI Luer 2010 drawing fide; Masdevallia in Detail Vol 5 Sijm etal 2010 photo/drawing fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;

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