| Masdevallia xanthina photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1 : 681 . 1880 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidiinae | |
| Genus | Masdevallia Ruiz & Pavon 1794 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | cloud forests in Colombia (Antioquia, Norte de Santander), Ecuador (Imbabura, Morona-Santiago, |
| Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Azuay, Napo) | ||
| altitude | 1500 - 2800 m (5000 - 9200 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cuenca (Azuay, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2150 m / 7100 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cuenca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 8 - 10 cm (3.2 - 4"), from the base of the leaf |
| flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 9 L 4 cm (3.6 L 4.0") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
