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Orchid Species: Masdevallia trochilus

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Masdevallia trochilus is an orchid species identified by Linden & André in 1873.
Genus
Masdevallia (Masd.)
Grex
trochilus
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Linden & André
Year
1873
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ORIGIN: A miniature to small sized, caespitose, warm to cold growing epiphyte found in Antioquia and Cauca Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in cloud forests at elevations of 1300 to 2400 meters.

DESCRIPTION: A miniature to small sized, caespitose, warm to cold growing epiphyte found in Antioquia and Cauca Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in cloud forests at elevations of 1300 to 2400 meters with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse leaf that is narrowly cuneate to the basal, stout, channeled petiole blooming on a subcongested, to 12 [30 cm] long, stout, flexuous, successively [2 to 3] flowered, triangular, racemose inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a basal bract and foliaceous, imbricating floral bracts holding the single flower well above the leaf occurring in the spring.

FLOWER SIZE: To 2 inches [to 5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Masdevallia Masd colibri 1873 Burb.
Add+ Alaticaulia Aat trochilus 2006 (Linden & André) Luer
Add+ Masdevallia Masd ephippium 1873 Rchb.f.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Masd. trochilus 'Windflower' (2017) Masd. trochilus 'Equaflor-a' (2016) Masd. ephippium 'Yolanda' (2013) Masd. trochilus 'Susanita' (2009) Masd. trochilus 'Broad Reach' (1990) Masd. ephippium 'Swordbill' (1984) Masd. ephippium 'Mill Valley' (1975) Masd. ephippium 'Spy Hill' (1965)
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