Dracuvallia (M. uniflora x D. wallisii)
 

Met a new (new to me) Masdevallia and Dracula grower today.

Came home with something very different - a Dracuvallia - an intergeneric hybrid of the two!

This is
Dracuvallia (M. uniflora x D. wallisii)

I went to take a picture of it... and was told... "You can have that plant". Put a huge smile on my face, as I made a new friend!

I went to search here on OB and didn't find any Dracuvallia listings - so here is the first.

Enjoy!

Nice pick up!

Great..........

Really lovely, not seen that genus before, it works really well!

Thanks, I had never seen before either!

:drool: this is just out of this world. Holly cow I want one.

It's a pink monkey! I love it!!! I'm surprised we don't see more of these.

New to me as well, Very cool!

Wow, have never heard about this! Amazing. Would you mind if I would use your picture for our Czech orchid FB group? I am sure they would love to see this!

Oh WOW. WANT! Well-played!

Yes Tommy, go ahead. Just leave my name on there like it is please.

How come no one has ever done this before?

They have. Just not a lot. On my own searching, I found a few cases where people have either tried to or did make them. M. uniflora seems to be popular for it due to the shape and the color it brings.

Sure will do, many thanks, I am sure they did not see this yet!

Wow! Fabulous!

Wow!! I've never even heard of a Dracuvallia. Thanks for posting and I look forward to seeing future blooms on this!

Very nice Jeremy!

Just as clarification for newer hobbyists ... it's not actually a natural (?real?) genus but rather a man-made genus.

As Jeremy stated, it has been done before. Not terribly often and there is the likelihood that many if not most of the hybrids thus created haven't been worth marketing.

Nice flower! Would have been very neat if it had inherited the Drac parent's hairy/spiny flower. Jeremy, out of curiosity, is the flowering habit upright as that of the Masd. parent or do the spikes grow down or horizontally as with the Drac parent?

Five is the number of different ones I've seen made, but this is the first time I saw one in person, and for sure the first time I've had one of my own. Yes, totally man-made.

It grows upright.