Masdevallia idae Luer & M.Arias 2001 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Coccineae Veitch 1889
Photo by © Ellis Eyre
TYPE Drawing by Carl Luer
Common Name Ida's Masdevallia [Senora Fernandez, President Peruvian Orchid Society current]
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in south central Peru at elevations around 2200 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 loose tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly elliptical, subacute, narrowly cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, slender, 5.2 to 6.4" [13 to 16 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a thin, tubular floral bract.
"This specis is epiphytic, unusual for the SUBSECTION Cocineae in Peru that normally are lithophytic or terrestrial. Vegetatively the species is distinguished by the long-petiolate leaves that are suropassed by the slnder peduncle. SSimilar to M amabilis the lateral sepals are connate into a blade beyond the narrow, sepaline tube. The orange color of the flwers is similar to many of the color variations of M amabilis. The apices of the lateral sepals are acute and tapered into short tails. The marginal callus of the petals terminates with a thick, retrorse, uncinate process. The oblong lip is smaller than the petals and column." Luer 2003
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Treasure of Masdevallia Vol 26 Luer & Dalstroem 2001 watercolor fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXV Masdevallia Part 5 Luer 2003 drawing fide; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #12 2016 photo fide;
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