Masdevallia dryada Luer & R.Escobar 1989 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Dentatae [Luer] Luer 2000
Photo by © Klaus Eisses
Drawing by Luer and © The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Nymph Masdevallia
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Antioquia department of Colombia in cloud forests at elevations around 1850 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicaul enveloped basally by 2 to 3, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, subacute to obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the narrowly cuneate, elongate, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and fall on an erect, slender to 3 to 4.6" [7.5 to 11.5 cm] long, successively several flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a tubular bract on the lower third and tubular floral bracts.
Synonyms Petalodon dryadus (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXI Masdevallia Part 2 Luer 2000 drawing fide; Masdevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Petalodon dryadus; *Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 drawing fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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