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Orchid Species: Spilotantha polysticta

Kew currently accepted name is Masdevallia polysticta

Spilotantha polysticta is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) Luer in 2006. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Masdevallia polysticta.
Genus
Spilotantha (Spilotantha.)
Grex
polysticta
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.f.) Luer
Year
2006
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ORIGIN: Found in Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 1600 to 3000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing orchid with stout, ascending to erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, subspathulate or oblanceolate leaf with a rounded and minutely tridentate apex, and cuneate below into the slender petiole that blooms in the late spring, summer, fall and early winter on an erect, 6 to 12 [15 to 30 cm] long, pale green - purple spotted inflorescence with loosely 3 to 9 simultaneously opening flowers that are held above the leaves. Either potted or mounted, with sphagnum around the roots, works for this species as long as cold to cool temperatures and moderate light are given and never allowed to completely dry out.

FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [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 polysticta 1874 Rchb.f.
Add+ Masdevallia Masd huebschiana 1921 Kraenzl.
Add+ Masdevallia Masd spathulifolia 1925 Kraenzl.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Masd. polysticta 'Diana' (2010) Masd. polysticta 'Jean' (1998) Masd. polysticta 'Jane Louise' (1997) Masd. polysticta 'John' (1995) Masd. polysticta 'North Coast' (1992) Masd. huebschiana 'Ajax' (1990) Masd. polysticta 'Great Lakes' (1979)
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