Masdevallia arminii Lind. & Rchb.f. 1853 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Caudatae Veitch 1889
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Photos courtesy of Eric Hunt
Photo by Jay Pfahl ©
Common Name Arminius Masdevallia [Probably a reference to Hermann Wagener - German Orchid Collector in the Amazon late 1800's]
Flower Size to 4" [to 10 cm]
Found in the eastern Cordillera of Colombia at elevations of 2,200 to 2,600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with blackish, slender, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, subacute to obtuse leaf that is cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on a slender, erect, 2" [5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul, has a bract above the base and a tubular floral bract, all longer than the 1.6" [4 cm] long leaf.
CULTURE: With its small stature and fine roots M. arminii needs a humid environment and a fine moisture retentive potting medium
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing ok; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orquideologia Vol 16 No 1 1983; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 photo fide; Madevallia'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; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #1 2010 photo fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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