"Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida in cloud forests of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 1500 to 2800 m. It was first collected somewhere in Colombia and cultivated by Veitch and Sons in 1880. Reichenbach noted the yellow color with eye spots at the base of the sepals - a white-flowered variation with eye spots is known as Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida. This variation occurs frequently in Ecuador."
Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida Woolward, Masdevallia sect. 13, fig. 7 (1892).
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| Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida; Photo by André van Weeghel |
Latinh Name:
Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida
Synonym:
Masdevallia estradae var. xanthina (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent
Masdevallia pallida (Woolward) Luer
Masdevallia xanthina var. pallida Woolward
Masdevallia xanthina subsp. pallida (Woolward) Luer
English Name:
The Yellow Masdevallia.
Description:
With blackish, erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, oblong-ovate, suberect, shortly petiolate, tridenticulate apically leaf that is cuneate below into the slender petiole and blooms in the winter on an erect, slender, terete, 8 cm long, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract below the middle and a tubular floral bract that holds the flower above the leaves.
Distribution:
In Antioquia and Caldas Colombia, Ecuador and Peru on both sides of the Andes.
Ecological:
In cloud forests at elevations of 1500 to 2800 m. A mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphytic species
Flowering times:
Blooms in the winter.
Flower size:
1.7 cm.
Cultivation:
Climate: Cool
Air Circulation: Medium
Light: Medium
Humidity: Medium
Fertilizer: Weekly
Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist. Plant can also be mounted
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