{"id":30011,"date":"2018-05-10T19:33:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T03:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=30011"},"modified":"2018-05-13T08:24:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T16:24:32","slug":"magical-masdevallia-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/10\/magical-masdevallia-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Masdevallia Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to spring blooms in our garden,\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a> really stand out. There are still some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a> flowering, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrums<\/a> never stop, but these brilliant colors steal the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30019 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_2_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia ignea x falcata, orchid hybrid flowers, primary hybrid, orange flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_2_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_2_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_2_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30020 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_3_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia ignea x falcata, orchid hybrid flowers and leaves, primary hybrid, orange flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_3_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_3_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_3_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_3_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30014 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_2_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia coccinea, purple flower, orchid species flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_2_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_2_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_2_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30015 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_3_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia coccinea, purple flowers, orchid species flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_3_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_3_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_3_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30016 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia coccinea var. xanthina 'M. Wayne Miller' AM\/AOS, orchid species flowers, yellow flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30017 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_2_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia coccinea var. xanthina 'M. Wayne Miller' AM\/AOS, orchid species flower, yellow flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_2_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_2_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_2_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The orange flowers belong to a hybrid, <em>Masdevallia ignea x falcata<\/em>. Some of the blooms are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/outdoor.html\">battered by the elements<\/a>, but they last for months anyway. The purple and yellow ones belong to two different plants which are variants of the same species, <em>Masdevallia coccinea<\/em>. Unlike many of their miniature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/17\/pleurothallids\/\">Pleurothallid<\/a> relatives, they boast large flowers. Standing on tall stems, they wave in the breeze like colorful orchid flags. These magical Masdevallias are certainly the stars of the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30013 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia coccinea with purple flower &amp; Masdevallia coccinea var. xanthina 'M. Wayne Miller' AM\/AOS with yellow flower, orchid species flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_coccinea_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30018 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_1_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia ignea x falcata, orchid hybrid flowers and leaves, primary hybrid, orange flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_1_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_1_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_1_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_1_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_4_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30021 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_4_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia ignea x falcata, orchid hybrid flowers, primary hybrid, orange flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_4_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_4_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_4_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Masdevallia_ignea_x_falcata_4_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to spring blooms in our garden,\u00a0the Masdevallias really stand out. There are still some Cymbidiums flowering, and the Epidendrums never stop, but these brilliant colors steal the show. The orange flowers belong to a hybrid, Masdevallia ignea x falcata. Some of the blooms are battered by the elements, but they last for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30011"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30048,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30011\/revisions\/30048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}