| Masdevallia idae photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Luer, Carlyle August & Arias Ileana |
| published in | Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 86 : A-1 , pl . A-1 . 2001 | |
| 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) | ||
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soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. |
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| native of | origin | Peru (Apurimac Basin, Ayacucho, Huanta, Pachamanca) |
| altitude | ≈ 2200 m (7260 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Huanta (Ayacucho, Peru) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Bsk, cold-dry steppe climate | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2200 m / 7260 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Huanta this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 16 cm, (6.42), from the base of the leaf |
| flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 10 L 4 cm (4 L 1.6") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
