Masdevallia coccinea Linden ex Lindl. 1846 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Coccineae Veitch 1889
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Common Name The Scarlet Masdevallia
Flower Size 1 1/2 to 3" [3.5 to 7.5 cm]
Found in Colombia as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial on sides of rocky cliffs with erect leaves that is found at elevations of 2400 to 3000 meters and blooms in the spring with short ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 close, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, oblong-lanceolate to spathulate, petiolate, rounded and minutely tridentate apically leaf that blooms in the later spring and summer on a slender, erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, slightly flexous, single flowered, inflorescence with a spotted bract at each node and the waxy, variable sized flowers held higher than the leaves.
Synonyms Masdevallia coccinea var. harryana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent 1889; Masdevallia denisoniana T.Moore 1874; Masdevallia denisonii Dombrain 1872; Masdevallia harryana Rchb. f. 1871; Masdevallia harryana var. atrosanguinea B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1884; Masdevallia harryana var. decora B.S.Williams 1889; Masdevallia harryana var. miniata B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1884; Masdevallia lindenii André 1870; Masdevallia lindenii var. grandiflora L.Linden & Rodigas 1885; Masdevallia lindenii var. harryana (Rchb.f.) André 1873; Masdevallia militaris Rchb.f 1854; Masdevallia venusta Schltr. 1921
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as M militaris; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 10 1962 as M harryana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 8 1963 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as M militaris; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 #7 1969 as M militaris photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 7 385 - 448 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 7 385 - 448 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 M coccinea var longiflora; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 7 385 - 448 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 as M militaris; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 #9 1978 as M militaris photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 9 1982 as M coccinea var alba photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 16 No 1 1983 as M militaris drawing fide; ; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 # 12 1983 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986 drawing fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 as M militaris photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 4 1993 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 58 No 4 1994 as M xanthina photo fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 63 # 8 1994 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 9 1997 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #1 1998 photo fide; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 9 1999 photo fide; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 4 2000 photo; Orchids Australia Vol 12 No 6 2000 photo; Masdevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXV Systematics of Masdevallia Part Five 2003 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 4 2006 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 24 #2 2006 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 as M coccinea var xanthina photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 #10 2007 photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 3 2008; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 6 2008 photo good; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 4 2008 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 72 #4 2008 as M coccinea f alba photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 11 2009 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 27 #1 2010 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #3 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #2 2012 photo fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #4 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #9 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #9 2019 drawing fide;
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