Masdevallia livingstoneana Rchb.F. & Roezl

Species

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Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to 13 cm. tall. Secondary stems short. Inflorescence 1-flowered, peduncle shorter than the leaves. Sepals 15-20 znm. long, connate into a tube for about I/2 their length; free portion of dorsal sepal up to 12 mm. long and 3 mm. broad at the base, ligulate or lanceolate-ligulate, somewhat thickened and fleshy toward the apex; free part of the lateral sepals up to 12 mm. long and 5 mm. broad, lanceolate-triangular, arcuate, acute or obtuse. Petals 4.5-5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse, with a single longi-tudinal sublamellate callus extending from below the middle to the apex. Lip 4-6 mm. long and 1-1.2 mm. broad, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, sometimes more or less pandurate, the disc thickened and with two raised, longi-tudinal calli.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.13
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323005-2
WFO ID wfo-0000237327
COL ID 3YB2Z
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Synonyms

Masdevallia livingstoneana Masdevallia panamensis Scaphosepalum panamense Acinopetala livingstoneana