Masdevallia nijhuisiae Luer & Sijm 2006 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Masdevallia
Photo by © Tom Sijm
TYPE Drawing by © Carl Luer and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name Nijhuis' Masdevallia [Adriana Sijm nee Nijhuis co-collector of species]
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Azuay province of Ecuador at elevations around 3200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, broadly elliptical, obtuse, cuneate below into the base leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, slender, 4" [10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a bract near the base, from low on the ramicaul and has a tubular floral bract.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 drawing fide; Orchids Masdevallia with its segregates including Dracula Zelenko 2014 photo fide;
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