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  • From: Ron Maunder <pondeeza@enternet.co.nz>
  • To: pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [pleurothallid-l] Bazilian Masdevallias
  • Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:39:31 +1200

Hi Marcus,

Couldn't read your reply to my questions about your property the
other day. I tried the converted message but that was mostly
unreadable.

Just for interest I checked the list of Brazilian Masdevallia species
in Rhodehamel's book "A Masdevallia Culture Guide". There are only
five which are listed from Brazil. Four are related and in the
Section Polyanthae Sub section Alatacaules - these are cuprea ssp
cuprea, infracta (4 different ssp), sprucei and vargasii with the
other in Section Polyanthae Sub species Polyanthae - discoidea

They appear to be all warm/intermediate growers and from lower
levels. You can find colour photos of the flowers of all but cuprea
on Lynn O'Shaughnessy's WP at www.pleurothallids.com and there is a
picture of Masd. cuprea on Ecuagenera's WP at www.ecuagenera.com

Its great being able to check the flowers on the net but of course
without flowers on the plant they will all look much the same. And
being 500 miles away from your ranch would mean you'd be lucky to get
to see your plants in flower on the odd time you got there to visit.
Great to hear that you are endeavoring to keep the forest as natural
as you can.

I have a yellowish infracta which seemed to survive the unusually
cold -6°C frost in the unheated greenhouse here the other day but
don't know the others. Perhaps Lynn can tell us if they are cold
growers?

Ron Maunder



  • [pleurothallid-l] Bazilian Masdevallias, Ron Maunder, 08/12/2003

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