Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Alaticaulia bennettii

Alatacaulia bennettii or Masdevallia bennettii is a species belonging to the group of Masdevallias that have triangular flower spikes (in cross section) and that bloom successively with one or two flowers at a time.  The species is from Peru and is 12-15 cm tall with flower spikes somewhat longer than the leaves and large 6-8 cm flowers.  It is warm-growing but seems very temperature tolerant since I grow it cool to intermediate.  It is in a pot in live sphagnum and seems to like a lot of water.






6 comments:

  1. Delicious flower and superb photographs, greetings

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    1. Thank you, my friend. Appreciate the effort and time to look and comment.

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  2. Linda, suas fotos são perfeitas.
    abraços

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    1. Appreciate your kindness in looking and commenting, Elisabete.

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  3. That is an amazing synsepal!!! The colour, the trichomes, everything!!

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    1. Not my favorite group of Masdevallias, though. They all seem to me rather awkward plants and though the flowers are lovely they do not always display very gracefully.

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