Masdevallia maxilimax Palm When the plant is dormant

When the plant is dormant and has lost its leaves

The hybrid resulting from the cross between Sobralia x laurisii and Sobralia cobanesis represents a combination of two distinct species or varieties within the Sobralia genus

It is found at altitudes of 1800 to 2500 meters on mountain slopes

Temperature: This hot-growing species thrives in warm

Commonly known as the "Ciliate-Lipped Lycaste

Masdevallia maxilimax Palm When the plant is dormantFound in southern Ecuador at elevations of 1800 to 2000 meters as a mini miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with blackish, erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, acute leaf that is narrowly cuneate below into the blackish petiole and blooms in the summer and fall on a slender, erect, 1. 2" to 2. 4" [3 to 6 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising