Muscarella macroblepharis  (Rchb.f.) Luer

From the Greek macroblepharis, "with large eyelashes," referring to the ciliate petals.

Plant ID:  00858/00967(two on the right)

Clonal Name: 'Free Spirit' (on 00858)

Award:  CBR/AOS (on 00858) given on 11-15-1997 at the Great Lakes Judging Center

Clonal Name: 'Cloud Dancer' (on 00967)

Award:  CCM/AOS (on 00967) of 82 points given on 4-21-2001 at the Great Lakes Judging Center

Additional Information:  Relatively frequent and morphologically variable in its wide distribution from the Central Cordillera of Colombia through Ecuador into northern Peru at altitudes of 2,950 feet (900 m) to 8,200 feet (2,500 m).  Once mature and if kept happy, they will be in bloom constantly on an ever-elongating inflorescence.  

Synonyms:

Pleurothallis macroblepharis  Rchb.f.

Masdevallia culex  Rchb.f.

Masdevallia pulex  hort. ex. Rchb.f.

Specklinia macroblepharis  (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

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