Masdevallia venatoria Luer & Malo 1983 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Caudatae Veitch 1889
Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
TYPE Drawing by Carl Luer
Common Name The Hunter's Masdevallia {A dedication to all that hunt orchids]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in southern Ecuador and northern Peru at elevations of 2200 to 2400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte that is with a blackish, slender, erect ramicaul enveloped basally by 2 loose tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse leaf that is cuneate into the blackish petiole and blooms on a basal, .8 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm] long, suberect, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract near the base and a thin tubular floral bract holding the flower below the leaves occuring in the winter.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Masdevallia Vol 2 Luer 1986; Masdevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXIII Systematics of Masdevallia Part 4 Luer 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; Orchidaceae Masdevallia and Affiliates Dodson & Luer 2009 drawing fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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