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Subfamily: EPIDENDROIDEAE
Tribe: EPIDENDREAE I (New World)
Subtribe: PLEUROTHALLIDINAE

 

 Masdevallia abbreviata - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
3 to 4 inch plant - multifloral type - many spikes of greenish white flowers with short tails. Mature.


 
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This item is a recent addition Masdevallia agaster - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 25
Yellow and white tubular flowers with sparkling white hairs in throat - blooms in flushes with blossoms totally encircling the plant - delicious fresh fragrance. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia auropurpurea - Intermediate - Potted - Colombia - $ 20
Red brown concave lateral sepals have contrasting yellow tails - yellow dorsal sepal - repeat bloomer - 3 inch plant makes attractive clumps - easy to grow. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia chaetostoma - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
This 2 inch plant gets covered with sprays of white flowers with contrasting yellow green tails - extremely floriferous. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia chaparensis - Cool - Potted - Bolivia - $ 25
7 to 8 inch plant with paddle-shaped leaves - flowers are an attractive mix of lilac, purple and pink. Mature.


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 Masdevallia chasei - Intermediate - Potted - Panama - $ 20
Soft yellow flowers have waxy substance and bloom on short stems - 6 inch leaves - floriferous. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia coccinea alba - Cool - Potted - Colombia - $ 50
Brilliant pure white color form of this spectacular species Mature.


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 Masdevallia collina - Intermediate - Potted - Panama - $ 25
Glossy burgundy 1 inch tubular flowers are borne on 5 inch wiry stems - blooms sequentially for months - 4 inch leaves. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia coriacea - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Ecuador - $ 25
Waxy white flowers with wine red striping in throat - inside of flower is coated with fine hairs - 10 inch plant with dark green narrow leaves Mature.


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 Masdevallia corniculata - Cool - Potted - Colombia - $ 25
Burnt orange flowers are heavy textured and bloom amidst 10 inch coriaceous leaves. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia discoidea - Warm to Intermediate - Potted - Brazil - $ 15
Glossy grape jelly flowers have white stripe top and bottom - the blossoms are carried on short stems and have unusual flattened shape - viewed from the side they are round like a discus but appear compressed from above. Near Blooming Size.


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 Masdevallia dynastes - Cool to Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
Light brown flowers are speckled maroon - abbreviated yellow tails - 4 inch plant has purple tinted leaves - floriferous. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia erinacea - Intermediate to Warm - in Net Pots - Panama - $ 30
IN SPIKE! a miniature delight - prickly yellow and chestnut globular blossoms sit above 1 inch grassy leaves - named for its resemblance to a tiny hedgehog - unusual and showy - clumpy plants. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia floribunda - Intermediate to Warm - Potted - Mexico - $ 18
This warm growing masdevallia is easy to grow and flower - a variable species with background colors ranging from light yellow to pink - widespread sepals are spotted with dark purple - a great windowsill plant. Mature.


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 Masdevallia floribunda ssp. Tuerckheimii - Warm - Potted - Central America - $ 18
Deep maroon spots coalesce to form a nearly solid purple flower - blossoms cluster around base of 3 inch plant on this attractive and easy to grow plant - most colorful form of this species. Blooming Size.


 
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 Masdevallia herradurae - Warm to Intermediate - Potted - Colombia - $ 20
This is the third blooming this year - dark red flowers with long pointed tails cluster around base of 4 inch narrow leaved plant - profuse bloomer quickly makes specimen plant. Mature.


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 Masdevallia imposter - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Colombia - $ 25
Named for its simularity to M. maculata - 4 inch plant with tall triangular stems - L-shaped flower is a rich mahogany edged in yellow. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia instar - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 25
Clumpy 5 inch plant produces many lovely 2 inch honey yellow triangular flowers dusted with red. Mature.


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 Masdevallia leptoura - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Ecuador - $ 18
Multiple spikes of several yellow to white flowers variably dotted with red - 5 inch plant is easy to bloom. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia mezae - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 25
2 or 3 flowers bloom atop 8 inch triangular stems - long tailed ivory flowers are lightly dusted with pink near center - blooms sequentially. Mature.


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 Masdevallia nidifica - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 18
Many wispy flowers of maroon and cream - 2 inch plant - easy to grow - blooms several times a year. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia pachyura - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Ecuador - $ 18
A variable species in the multi-floral section - each stem carries about four flowers that are white dotted with red and have short thick curved yellow tails. Mature.


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 Masdevallia paivaeana - Cool - Potted - Bolivia - $ 18
6 inch plant with climbing habit - yellow, pink and white flowers are fuzzy inside. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia pandurilabia - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 18
Cream colored flowers peppered with dark maroon are held well above 4 inch foliage. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia peristeria - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Colombia - $ 20
5 inch plant - large waxy yellow flowers are heavily spotted with purple - dark purple lip. Mature.


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 Masdevallia polysticta - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 18
Handsome 8 inch plant - 10 inch spikes of white flowers speckled with maroon - yellow tails - several flowers bloom simultaneously on each stem. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia pyxis - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 18
Named for the box-like shape of the flower - each unusual waxy blossom is nicely colored with maroon, yellow and white - flowers bloom amidst 7 inch foliage - nice clumpy plants. Mature.


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 Masdevallia reginae - Intermediate - Potted - Peru - $ 25
Close relative to M. princeps - 12 inch plants have thick leathery light green leaves when mature - bowl shaped flowers with elongated fused tails make a dramatic 12 inch flower on a long rigid inflorescence - 2 ½ to 3 inch seedlings. Seedling.


 
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 Masdevallia schlimii - Cool to Intermediate - Potted - Colombia & Venezuela - $ 25
Rigid coriaceous leaves give rise to a tall four to six flowered raceme - each long- tailed blossom is minutely dotted with purple-brown - yellow tails. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia selenites - Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 25
4 inch plant has dark green roundish leaves - white spherical flowers have bright yellow tails and are held just above the leaf tops - the name selenites is from Greek meaning, in the form of the moon. Mature.


 
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This item is a recent addition Masdevallia solomonii - Cool - Potted - Bolivia - $ 25
Ivory flowers with thin red striping - short yellow tails -uncommon species from Bolivia. Mature.


 
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This item is a recent addition Masdevallia splendida - Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 30
Bright coral red flowers have an overlay of vivid red hairs - 2 inch flower on tall stem - 6 inch plant - condidered by some to be a natural hybrid between barleana and veitchiana. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia tonduzii - Warm - Potted - Panama - $ 30
Yellow-tailed white flowers have yellow throat and are covered with a sparkling white pubescence - compact plant - sequential bloomer. Mature.


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 Masdevallia torta - Cool to Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
8 inch leaves have attractive reddish tinge - plant has climbing habit - flowers are dusty gold with dark red striations and bloom on short stems. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia tovarensis - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Venezuela - $ 25
Up to five snow white flowers may be simultaneously produced on each inflorescence - each bloom is about 1½ inches - may bloom again from previous years flower spikes - very showy - divisions of select clones. Mature.


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 Masdevallia trochilus - Intermediate - Potted - Colombia & Ecuador - $ 25
9 inch pale green leaves with tall triangular shaped flower stems - slightly cupped mahogany red flowers have long yellow tails - blooms succesively for months. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia veitchiana - Intermediate to Cool - Potted - Peru - $ 30
6 to 10 inch plant - large 5 inch flowers are vivid orange partially covered with florescent purple hairs - this species is the basis of much of modern masdevallia hybrid breeding - though native to the high Andes of Peru it can grow in intermediate to cool conditions. Mature.


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 Masdevallia wubbenii - Intermediate - Potted - Venezuela - $ 18
Considered a natural hybrid between triangularis and wagneriana it shows the best of both parents - 3 to 4 inch plant with apricot yellow flowers speckled with pepper. Mature.


 
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 Masdevallia yungasensis 'Peppermint' - Cool - Potted - Bolivia - $ 25
White to light pink flower is candy-striped with maroon - vigorous and free-flowering Mature.


 
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Updated: 3/6/2010