masdavalia dracula ?
 

Hi,

Any Ideas masdevalia or Dracula 5000ft moist forrest costa rica?
Thanks,

Jim

I think it might be a Masdevallia, difficult to tell for sure.

If it is a Masdevallia I'm not sure what kind it would be.

Interesting though, I would love to see plants like that in the wild.

Come on down! we are considering starting a tour. we have a few handred species so far.

Jim

Well one day I might just do that......;-)

Just convincing the wife that it's a good idea for me to fly overseas to look at orchids might take some work.

I'm not 100% certain of course but the flower structure looks more Masdevallia from your photos than Dracula to me. I hope someone knows what it is exactly.

Ditto, Bolero. Great pix, Jim.:clap:

Kim

Masdevallia nidifica?
 

It looks much like a Masdevallia nidifica Rchb. f.
I think that this species can be rather variable.
It should be found between Nicaragua and Equador.
:)

Thanks
 

Sune,

I think you are right , I looked at orchidspecies.com and he photo there was kind of different but I searched some more and It looks like your are right. Did you know this from before, or how did you sort through all the masdevalias? any helpful websites?

Thanks,
Jim
Costa Rica

Masdevallias
 

Jim,

You are right, Jay Pfhal's orchidspecies.com is probably the best "first try", and we should all help to make it even better.

For the Masdevallias I can recommend the book of the same name by Mary E. Gerritsen & Ron Parsons.

Sune
Nicaragua

Sune Thanks
 

Sune,

Can you make any recomendations any good locations to go in Nicaragua for orchids? viveros bosque?

If you want we can continue this via email?
jmateosky@yahoo.com

Thanks
 

Sune,

Can you make any recomendations any good locations to go in Nicaragua for orchids? viveros bosque?

If you want we can continue this via email?
jmateoskyt