Masdevallia rolfeana

Masdevallia rolfeanaWell established blooming sized plant in 3. 25" pots. If you are into Masdevallias, or are interested in them, this is a nice, easy to grow plant. Beautiful dark mahogany flowers with a yellow throat. The plants get huge but are best kept smaller as the flowers tend to hide in the foliage on short stems. This is a great Masdevallia for mounting, it shows off the flowers. Care: Indirect light, cool intermediate temps, regular year round watering and

so the leaves are on the "lime" side of green (As Miltonia Leaves should be)

have butter-yellow petals with a sprinkling of purple dots

It has been grown in numerous environments but all the books say it prefers intermediate to warm conditions

This plant produces chains of 10-30 very small

blooming-size in 2

regular year-round watering and light fertilizing

well established blooming size plant in 2" pot

For this reason

the hairs completely cover the flower

With some orchids

5 plugs for $20

the plants form mats that completely colonize their mounts