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Orchid Species: Masdevallia floribunda

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Masdevallia floribunda is an orchid species identified by Lindl. in 1843.
Genus
Masdevallia (Masd.)
Grex
floribunda
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Lindl.
Year
1843
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ORIGIN: This is a mini-miniature to small sized, cool to hot growing, tufted, epiphytic species from Belize, Mexico to Costa Rica and the Caribbean that is found at elevations of 400 to 1500 meters in damp forests.

DESCRIPTION: This is a mini-miniature to small sized, cool to hot growing, tufted, epiphytic species from Belize, Mexico to Costa Rica and the Caribbean that is found at elevations of 400 to 1500 meters in damp forests with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 close, thin tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, oblong-lanceolate, petiolate leaf and blooms with a 3 to 5 [7.5 to 13 cm] long, slender, decumbent to erect inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul holding the single flower [often followed by a second] just above leaf height and occurring from June through September.

FLOWER SIZE: About 1 inches [to about 2.2 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 galeottiana 1845 A.Rich. & Galeotti
Add+ Acinopetala Acinopetala floribunda 2006 (Lindl.) Luer
Add+ Masdevallia Masd lindeniana 1845 A.Rich. & Galeotti
Add+ Masdevallia Masd myriostigma 1870 É.Morren
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Masd. floribunda 'Dalles' (2 awards in 2010) Masd. floribunda h.v. tuerkheimii 'Lesbia Jeanette Archila' (2 awards in 2003) Masd. floribunda 'Fatboy' (2013) Masd. floribunda 'Icheli' (2011) Masd. floribunda 'Farhills Burgundy Bloomers' (2004) Masd. floribunda 'Willow Pond' (2004) Masd. floribunda 'Bryon' (2001) Masd. floribunda h.v. tuerkheimii 'Memoria Otto Mittelstaedt' (2000) Masd. floribunda 'China Xamii' (1996) Masd. floribunda 'Maria Luz' (1987) Masd. floribunda 'Marge Soule' (1985) Masd. floribunda 'Boulder Valley' (1983) Masd. floribunda 'Greentree' (1970)
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