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Masdevallia atroviolacea is an orchid species identified by Kraenzl. in 1922. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Masdevallia mooreana.
ORIGIN: Found in Santander and Norte de Santander state of Colombia and Venezuela in cloud forests at elevations near 2500 to 2800 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3, thin, loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse, cuneate below into the channeled petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a stout, erect to suberect, 1.6 to 10.4 [4 to 11 cm] long, single flowered, purple speckled inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract near the base and a tubular floral bract.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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