Masdevallia veitchianna in flower

[RosieC]

My Masdevallia veitchianna only has one flower this time (it had up to 9 at a time in October/November) but it's still looking stunning in my greenhouse.

The plant has been starting to put on good new growth during the spring. It grows far more compactly than when I first bought it and I'm pretty sure it's due to higher light levels. Some of the new growths have struggled to free from their outer sheath which I think is due to lack of water (it got quite neglected over the winter).

Love this one

[WhiteRabbit]

Spectacular! The color is amazing! Good growing!

[s.kallima]

Stunning! I love this species.

[lepetitmartien]

The very one I crave to grow one day, but is a no go where I live… Lucky you RosieC It's beautiful

[nenella]

Excellent growing Rosie! lovely flower the plant looks Super healthy! well done!

[NatalieS]

Goooorrrrggeous!!

[Bud]

I love the yummy colors...the form is beautiful. You have a healthy perky leafed specimen with new growths...I wish my Masdies would bloom for me this season...even just one...I have never bloomed them at all...

[RosieC]

Thanks everyone, this has got to be one of my favourite orchids.

Bud, how long have you had them, it took a couple of years before mine started flowering but once this one got going it has hardly stopped.

[Wynn Dee13]

Beautiful Rosie! Is this a cool grower? I would love to have one of these. I don't know if I can provide cool temps all year though. I only have one masdie at the moment but want more! I have Masdevailia discoidea and it is putting out tons of leaves right now too. The leaves are also quite a lot smaller than the leaves I bought it with and I was thinking I was giving it too much light too. I moved it into a spot with a lower light level. The leaves look healthy though. I hope mine blooms soon. Last year it bloomed in July and August so I hope it will this year. Great growing and gorgeous picture! You should inter it for the next calender!

[RosieC]

This one is a real cool grower Wynn, I think it's one of the coolest of the Masdies. It likes just 5C in winter and that's what I aim for a minimum for my greenhouse.

Growing in porous clay as I do can help you grow cooler growing orchids. Mine don't get 5C all winter and go up to a max of 30C in the summer. By keeping the clay damp it cools the root zone and they love that. I don't grow them particularly humid either but if the moss/clay is always just damp they seem to do fine (although I kept it a bit dry this winter which I think is why a couple of the new growths have not developed correctly).