Masdevallia zebracea Luer 1989 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Masdevallia
Photo by © Klaus Eisses
Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
TYPE Drawing by © Carl Luer
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Common Name The Zebra Like Masdevallia
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in northern Peru with no known locality as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte with blackish, erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, subacute, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and fall
CAUTION I am not sure of this determination so please use with caution. The flower detail shows a straight lip and Luer's drawing has a bent lip, and Eisses photo just does not show enough detail to be sure. Luer's drawing is absolutely correct.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Treasure of Masdevallia Vol 23 Luer & Dalstroem 1998 watercolor/drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXII Masdevallia Part 3 Luer 2001 drawing good; Masdevallia's in Kleur Vol 1 P M Oversteegen, Eisses & A P Sijm 2001 photo fide to Eisses photo; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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