{"id":3306,"date":"2010-05-04T21:34:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T05:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2011-03-01T11:32:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T19:32:45","slug":"masdevallia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/04\/masdevallia\/","title":{"rendered":"Masdevallia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Masdevallias<\/a> come in many magnificent forms, but few inspire more superlatives than Masdevallia coccinea. Its large flowers sit atop stems up to 2 ft. (60\u00a0 cm) tall. There are numerous natural color varieties, like eye-catching red, purple, orange, yellow, white, or in this case, hot pink. This form also has a contrasting yellow throat.<\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n

This species grows at high elevations\u00a0 in the Andes of Colombia and Peru. Said to grace the rainforests around Machu Picchu<\/a>, it thrives with cool temps<\/a>, regular water<\/a>, high humidity, and constant air movement<\/a>. In the past, mine has sulked on hot summer days when San Francisco has lost its air-conditioning fog layer. Fortunately, Dave was able to capture this wonderful flush of blooms on camera before temperatures warmed.<\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n

Masdevallia coccinea has been used as a hybrid<\/a> parent for decades, and its characteristics appear in many modern orchid hybrids. The final photos show flower close-ups and an unopened flower bud with pink and yellow showing through. It’s no surprise that it lends some magic to the Lost City of the Incas.<\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Masdevallias come in many magnificent forms, but few inspire more superlatives than Masdevallia coccinea. Its large flowers sit atop stems up to 2 ft. (60\u00a0 cm) tall. There are numerous natural color varieties, like eye-catching red, purple, orange, yellow, white, or in this case, hot pink. This form also has a contrasting yellow throat. This […]<\/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":[15,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-growing","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","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=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3351,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/3351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}