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Masdevallia gutierrezii
This mini-miniature sized, Bolivian species is found as a hot to warm growing epiphyte in forests at the edge of foothills at elevations of 270 to 500 meters with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 thin, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, 4 to 6.5 cm long, narrowly obovate, obtuse leaf that is gradually narrowed below into the subpetiolate base and has a slender, erect, single flowered, 2, 6 to 10 cm long inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a bract below the middle and a tubular floral bract holding the flower well above the leaves. Description credits to Jay Pfahl (IOSPE) Photo credits to Farnwerk GmbH
Growing profile
At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Typical size
- micro <4cm
- Light
- Indirect
- Humidity
- 70–90%
Native context
Distribution and habitat
- Countries
- Bolivia
- Elevation
- Lowland (0–500 m), Submontane (500–1,000 m)
- Flowering
- Unknown
Derived growing context
Climate range
- Temperature profile
- Warm → Hot
- Mean temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 25–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 19–22 °C
- Summer mean
- 25 °C
- Winter mean
- 22 °C
- Temperature span
- 10 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Adaptability
- Specialist
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- Bolivia
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Habitat-specific growing context
Rainforest
Consistently wet; high humidity
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Very humid
- Elevation
- Lowland, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 25–28 °C
- Night temperature
- 19–22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Wet forest
Very humid forest; frequent wetness
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Humid
- Elevation
- Lowland, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 26–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 19–22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Seasonal context
- Very small annual temperature swing; fairly consistent through the year
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