Masdevallia bourdetteana Luer 1994 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Coriaceae SUBSECTION Coriaceae Rchb.f 1874
Photo by © Marguerite Webb
TYPE Drawing by © Carl Luer and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name Bourdett's Masdevallia [American Orchid Enthusiast and cultivator of species]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Ecuador? without collection data as a mini-miniature to miniature sized epiphyte with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3, loose tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect to suberect, thickly coriaceous, elliptical-oblong, obtuse to rounded, cuneate below into the stout, channeled petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on a slender, erect to suberect, 1.2 to 1.4" [3 to 3.5 cm] long peduncle, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul, with a tubular floral bract, holding the single flower at mid-leaf height.
Synonyms Byrsella bourdetteana (Luer) Luer 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXI Systematics of Masdevallia Part 2 Luer 2000 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII Luer 2006 as Byrsella bourdetteana Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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