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kavanaru 01-20-2009 01:41 PM
Masdevallia decumana - NOID Resolved
 
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I took this picture at the Botanical Garden in Basel. The plant grows in the warm-intermediate greenhouse.

Does anybody has an idea which species it is?

Masdevallia sp. is the only thing to be read on the label...

Ross 01-20-2009 01:53 PM
That thing is just too beautiful to not have a name! I would really like one of these!

kavanaru 01-20-2009 02:01 PM
me too :) that's why I am interested in the name.. :)

in two weeks, there is an orchids show at the Botanical Garden. We (the local Orchids Society in Basel) have been asked to show some of our plants there. I will most probably bring some of my plants, and will then try to find out whether anybody has a clue about the ID of this plant, and if it possible to have a division of it :) let's see...

camille1585 01-20-2009 02:01 PM
Maybe it's Masdevallia decumana ? (courtesy of Orchidwiz of course! I'm obsessed with that software)

kavanaru 01-20-2009 02:08 PM
hhhmmm... Thanks Camille, it could be... however, the blooms were not hanging as in decumana... and the plant grows warm to intermediate (decumana is a cold grower), and with warm.intermediate, I mean 60 - 80F which is the temp in this greenhouse...

Tindomul 01-20-2009 02:28 PM
I've heard it can grow intermediate as well. I suppose heat stress in not such an issue if sufficient water is given to it. Especially if maybe the water cools the plant off sufficiently.
According to my book, the peduncles of M. decumana are horizontal, 3-5 cm long. Does that help?

kavanaru 01-20-2009 02:40 PM
hey Tindo, thanks... actually, I also think it can be decumana, as Camille and you said. Maybe, a warmer ecotype? If it can grow intermediate, maybe that really is decumana... in the greenhouse, temps as between 60 and 80F (let's say 68 - 75 in average), very high humidity and a lot of air movement...

ronaldhanko 01-20-2009 02:52 PM
It cannot be anything but decumana. There is no other species that has that form and coloring.

Tindomul 01-20-2009 03:04 PM
Well, its a beauty and I never even considered it before you posted it, even though I have seen it a million times in my book.

Ross 01-20-2009 03:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tindomul (Post 184428)
even though I have seen it a million times in my book.
If I've told you once, I've told you a million times - "never exagerate!"


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