Masdevallia idae

 Masdevallia idae

Masdevallia idae                                                                                                                                                                 photo C. Solimbergo
 
taxonomy    described by   Luer, Carlyle August  & Arias Ileana  
  published in Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden  86 : A-1 , pl . A-1 . 2001 
     
  Family Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae 
  Tribe  Epidendreae 
  Subtribe Pleurothallidinae 
  Genus Masdevallia  Ruiz  & Pavon 1794 
     
  metabolism C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013)
   

soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots.

native of  origin Peru (Apurimac Basin, Ayacucho, Huanta, Pachamanca)
  altitude ≈ 2200 m (7260 ft)
  habitat  climate informations from Huanta (Ayacucho, Peru)
    Köppen climate classification : Bsk, cold-dry steppe climate
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2200 m / 7260 ft) :
    Masdevallia idae a gr uk
  photoperiod in Huanta this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness low
     
inflorescence    lenght 16 cm, (6.42), from the base of the leaf
  flowers 1
  size single flower 10 L 4 cm (4 L 1.6")
  duration single flower ≈ 20 days
  time to bloom from birth ≈  days
     
CITES appendix II

 

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