Masdevallia naevia

This is not my favorite plant since both plant and flowers seem rather stiff and awkward to me.  Masdevallia naevia is from Ecuador and belongs to a group of Masdevallias that have rather large, spidery flowers, section Caudatae.  The name "naevia" refers to the purple spot at the base of the dorsal sepal and means "birthmark."  The plant is 10 cm tall and the flowers are also 10 cm held well above the foliage.

 

Masdevallia naevia

Masdevallia naevia is from Ecuador and belongs to a group of Masdevallias that have rather large, spidery flowers, section Caudatae.  The name "naevia" refers to the purple spot at the base of the dorsal sepal and means "birthmark."  The plant is 10 cm tall and the flowers are also 10 cm held well above the foliage.  This is not my favorite plant since both plant and flowers seem rather stiff and awkward to me.

Masdevallia naevia

Masdevallia naevia belongs to the Caudatae section of the genus Masdevallia and comes from Ecuador.  The flowers are beautifully colored but always look awkward and stiff to me.  The plant is 12-15cm and the flowers 10-12cm.  The species name, "naevia" means "birthmark" and refers to the purple spot on the dorsal sepal.  The section it belongs too, Caudatae, gets its name from the long "tails" that the species in this section have.

Masdevallia naevia

Masdevallia naevia belongs to the Caudatae section of the genus Masdevallia, a section that includes some rather awkward-looking flowers of which this is one.  The flowers are beautiful in their own way, but I always feel that they are held rather stiffly above the plant and that the flowers themselves are rather stiff and awkward compared to other Masdevallias.  The plant is 10 cm and the flowers the same size.  It is from Ecuador and named for the purple spot on the dorsal sepal (naevia means "birthmark").

Masdevallia naevia

Masdevallia naevia is from Ecuador and belongs to the group of Masdevallias that have rather large, spidery flowers.  This species blooms on spikes that hold the flowers well above the foliage and the flowers are 10 cm from tip to tip.  The name "naevia" refers to the purple spot at the base of the dorsal sepal and means "birthmark."