Masdevallia attenuata Rchb.F.

Species

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Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 15 cm. tall. Secondary stems very short. Leaves 5-13 cm. long and 0.5-1.8 cm. broad, linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, attenuated into a petiole at the base. Inflorescence 1-flowered; peduncles slender, shorter than the leaves. Sepals 18-22 mm. long, connate into a tube for about 1/3 their length, the caudate apices about as long as the broad part-of the sepals, puberulent within, the broad, free part of the sepals oblong-ovate to triangular-ovate. Petals 3.5-5 mm. long and 1.2 mm. broad, subrhombic to oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat oblique, with a longitudinal callus along one margin. Lip 4.2-5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-pandurate, obtuse or acute, apical portion denticulate, with two longitudinal keels which converge toward the apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Images

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Distribution

Masdevallia attenuata world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322997-2
WFO ID wfo-0000236914
COL ID 6R7N6
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Synonyms

Masdevallia attenuata Masdevallia scabrilinguis Acinopetala scabrilinguis Acinopetala attenuata