Very typical of the section of
Masdevallia to which it belongs (Saltatrices) with its brightly colored, tubular flowers,
Masdevallia hirtzii
is from Ecuador and Peru. It is a very small plant, only 8 cm tall,
and produces an abundance of 4 cm flowers if well grown. It is supposed
to be temperature tolerant but I grow my plant intermediate to cool in
sphagnum moss in a net pot. It blooms faithfully for me every year in
late autumn and winter.
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