Masdevallia jorgeportillana H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla 2025 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Masdevallia
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing by © Alfonso Doucette
Common Name or Meaning Jorge Portilla's Masdevallia [Ecuadorian, Named after Jorge Portilla of Ecuador, who par-ticipate in the collection of the species. United States sales resentative and son of Iván Portilla executive vicepresident of Ecuagenera Cia Ltda currrent ]
Flower Size .8"" [2 cm]
Found in Loja province of Ecuador in primary, rainy and cloud forest among abundant moss and lichens, at elevations around 3200 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphtye and terrestrial with stout, erect stems enveloped by 2 papyraceous, tubular, spathaceous sheaths and carrying an erect, underside with black macules, coriaceous, lanceolate, obtuse to semi-acute, acuminate apically, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the summer, fall and winter on a stout, semi-horizontal, appears on the ramicaul, cylindrical peduncle, 4.12 to 5.6" [10.3 to 14 cm] long, provided with an internode covered by a papyraceous spathe, rachis short, single-flowered inflorescence with greenish, tubular, inflated floral bracts.
" The new species belongs to SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Masdevallia, Similar to Masdevallia suinii , distinguished by yellowish flowers, diffuse brown veins, pubescent sepals and short caudae (vs. light brown flowers, glabrous sepals with pronounced dark brown veins and noticeably longer caudae), petals upper marginate margins, apex crenulate, (vs. petals entire upper margin, apex semi-emarginate), lip lingulate, base cleft, apex slightly backward twisted (vs. lip semi-spatulate, base narrowly cleft, apex winged, backward twisted, slightly mu-cronate in M. suinii)." H.Medina, J.Portilla & I.Portilla 2025
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Andreettana 1(1): 18 H.Medina & J.Portilla 2025 photo/drawing fide
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