Masdevallia harlequina Luer

"Masdevallia harlequina Luer is found in Peru. This species was discovered in the Huánuco region of Peru (without specific collection data) and cultivated at J & L Orchids of Easton, Connecticut. Its has also been collected in Carpish Tunnel/Pass region of Peru, which is just up the road from the city of Huánuco at an elevation of 2800 m" 

Masdevallia harlequina Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 130, fig. (1997).

Masdevallia harlequina Luer, Photos by Gerrit Verhellen

its native range is Peru.

Latinh Name: 

Masdevallia harlequina Luer

Synonym:

No

English Name:

The Harlequin Masdevallia (Clown character in Italian Comedy with mask and spangled tights).

Description: 

With black, stout, erect ramicauls enveloped basallly by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse leaf that is cuneate below into the petiole and blooms in the fall on a suberect to horizontal, 1 3/5" [4 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising from near the base of the ramicaul with a basal bract and a tubular floral bract holding the single flower under the leaf.

Distribution:

Peru.

Ecological:

At altitudes around 2800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate Cool

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: High

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Type:

Collector Team:

C.A.Luer 18669

Type Herbaria:

holotype MO

Distribution Of Types:

Huánuco (Peru, Western South America, Southern America)