Masdevallia bulbophyllopsis Kraenzl. 1921 SUBGENUS Amanda Luer 1986
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photos by Eric Hunt
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Common Name The Bulbophyllum-like Masdevallia
Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]
Found in Ecuador at altitudes of 1800 to 2700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphytic species with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3, thin, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, thin, narrowly elliptic, subacute leaf that gradually narrows below into the indistinct petiolate base that blooms in the winter on an erect, lax, secund, 6" [15 cm] long, few to several flowered [4 to 6] inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with flowers that open simultaneously and are held well above the leaves.
Synonyms Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis (Kraenzl.) Luer 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Madevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide;Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 drawing/photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXV Systematics of Masdevallia Part Five 2003 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII Luer 2006 as Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis; Orchidaceae Masdevallia and Affiliates Dodson & Luer 2009 as Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis drawing fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 1 2019 photo fide;
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