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Rodrigoa cryptocopis is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.) Braas in 1979. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Masdevallia picturata.
ORIGIN: Found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela in wet cloud forests on tree trunks and is a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte found on riverbanks at elevations of 1500 to 2750 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela in wet cloud forests on tree trunks and is a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte found on riverbanks at elevations of 1500 to 2750 meters with short stems enveloped basally by tubular sheaths with a single linear to obovate leaf with a canaliculate petiole at the base that blooms in the fall and winter, early spring on an erect, 1 3/5 [4 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that is holds the flowers above the leaves. The flowers of this species can vary greatly in color and patterning.
FLOWER SIZE: 1/2 inch [1.25 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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