Masdevallia heteroptera Rchb.f. 1875 SUBGENUS Meleagris Luer 1986
Full Side View of Flower In situ Jardin Colombia 1/2016
Partial Side View of Flower In situ Jardin Colombia 1/2016
Close Up Partial Side View of Flower In situ Jardin Colombia 1/2016
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Common Name The Different Sized Wings Masdevallia [refers to the dorsal and lateral speals different shapes]
Flower Size 2/4" [2 cm]
Found in Antioquia department of Colombia in cloud forests at elevations around 2500 to 2700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, subacute to obtuse leaf that is cuneate below into the petiole and blooms in the spring and fall on a loose, successively few flowered, 4 3/4" [12 cm] long inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract above the base and tubular floral bracts
As it's name implies it has a major difference between the shape of the dorsal sepals and the lateral sepals. If they are of the same length and form then most likely your species is M fasciata. Often sited as a synonym of M fasciata but it is definitely a distinct species.
Synonyms Masdevallia fissa Kraenzl. 1921; Rodrigoa heteroptera (Rchb.f.) Braas 1979
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 3 1982 photo fide; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 288 Bennett & Christenson 1995; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXV Systematics of Masdevallia Part Five Luer 2003 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Rodrigoa heteroptera; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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