Masdevallia virgo-cuencae

Masdevallia virgo-cuencae Luer & Andreetta, Phytologia 39: 232 (1978).

This name is accepted.

Six striking flowers on six inflorescences to 15 cm well-held above foliage; leaves to 3 cm wide by 15 cm long on plant 17 cm wide by 19 cm long by 12 cm tall well-grown in bark in 6 cm square plastic pot; sepals off-white veined dark maroon ventrally heavily overlaid maroon, dorsal caudae orange, lateral caudae light green; petals white; lip dark purple; substance hard; texture matte, ventrally papillose; commended for form and color saturation. Provisional.

20151900  PNW

Masdevallia virgo-cuencae, award 20151900,  has been confirmed to be Masdevallia virgo-cuencae by SITF(May 2015).