| Masdevallia guttulata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Linnaea 41 : 118 . 1877 | |
| family | Orchdaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Masdevallia Ruiz & Pavon 1794 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | Colombia,Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe) |
| altitude | 600 - 1100 m (1980 - 3630 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 850 m / 2800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Zamora this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 24 - 30 cm (17.6 - 12") apical |
| nr. flowers | 10 - 14 - they open in sequence | |
| size | single flower 1,6 L 1 cm (0.64 L 0.4") | |
| duration | single flower | |
| time | to bloom from birth ~ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
