Masdevallia rosea

"Masdevallia rosea Lindl. is native to Colombia (Nariño and Putumayo) and Ecuador. It is found in the shaded branches of the trees in cloud forests at elevations of 2400 to 3400 m above sea level."

Masdevallia rosea Lindl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 257 (1845).

Masdevallia rosea Lindl., Photo by Masaoki Hirai

its native range is SW. Colombia to Ecuador. 

Latin Name: 

Masdevallia rosea Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Masdevallia echinata Luer & Andreetta

Masdevallia rosea subsp. echinata (Luer & Andreetta) Luer

English Name:

The Pink Masdevallia.

Description: 

With slender, erect, blackish ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose tubular sheaths and carrying an erect, coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, acute, clustered, dark green leaf that is cuneate below into the slender, channeled, blackish petiole that blooms in the fall and winter with an erect to arcuate, slender, to 17.5 cm long, solitary flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul and with a bract below the middle that all slightly exceeds leaf height.

Distribution:

Colombia, Ecuador.

Ecological:

A cold growing, miniature sized, epiphytic species in cloud forests that is found at elevations of 2400 to 3400 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall and winter.

Flower size:

8.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Cool

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: High

Fertilizer: Weekly

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/643089-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:643089-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/masdrosea.htm.

- https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2019/04/masdevallia-rosea-care-and-culture.html