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Masdevallia hirtzii
Masdevallia hirtzii
Family Orchidaceae
Masdevallia hirtzii is found in Ecuador and Peru in cloud forests at 1200 to 1550 meters. Father Andreetta and Hirtz simultaneously found this species growing epiphytically in a forest east of Los Encuentros, in the Cordillera del Condor region of the Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (elevation 1550 m). It is a mini-miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with blackish, erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, satiny green above and silvery green below, subacute leaf that is cuneate below into the blackish petiole. Photo and description credits to Travaldo's blogspot
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At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Size
- mini 4–8cm
- Light
- Indirect
- Humidity
- 70%–100%
Native context
Where it belongs
- Countries
- Ecuador, Peru
- Ecosystems
- Cloud forest, Rainforest, Wet forest
- Elevation
- Submontane (500–1,000 m), Montane (1,000–2,000 m)
- Flowering
- Unknown
About this plant
Masdevallia hirtzii is found in Ecuador and Peru in cloud forests at 1200 to 1550 meters. Father Andreetta and Hirtz simultaneously found this species growing epiphytically in a forest east of Los Encuentros, in the Cordillera del Condor region of the Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (elevation 1550 m). It is a mini-miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with blackish, erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, satiny green above and silvery green below, subacute leaf that is cuneate below into the blackish petiole. Photo and description credits to Travaldo's blogspot
Stable BJURNY record: tx_86ae0225df08453c98ed