{"id":9545,"date":"2011-08-20T21:16:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T05:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=9545"},"modified":"2011-10-15T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T21:06:12","slug":"masdevallia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/20\/masdevallia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Masdevallia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, it&#8217;s not winter &#8212; it&#8217;s just another cool, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">foggy<\/a> San Francisco summer. Fortunately, it&#8217;s the perfect climate for this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/07\/bolivian-beauty\/\">Bolivian beauty<\/a>. Dozens of delightful pink and purple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallia<\/a> flowers opened more than a month ago in our back garden, and they&#8217;re still going strong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9551\" title=\"Masdevallia flowers and leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px-76x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flowers and leaves\" width=\"76\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px-76x128.jpg 76w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_4_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9555\" title=\"Masdevallia flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_4_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_4_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_4_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_4_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_3_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9554\" title=\"Masdevallia flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_3_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_3_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_3_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_3_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This species is native to elevations of 8000 &#8211; 9000 ft. (2438 &#8211; 2743 m.) from only a single valley near <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boliviaweb.com\/cities\/cbba.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Cochabamba, Bolivia<\/a>. That&#8217;s the largest city in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharingbolivia.com\/2007\/10\/chapare-province-villa-tunari.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chapare<\/strong> Province<\/a>, which provides the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/12\/orchid-names\/\">species name<\/a> Masdevallia <strong>chapare<\/strong>nsis. Its cloud forest home in that narrow band of the Andes is similar to this mild climate about 5 miles from the Golden Gate. Since there&#8217;s no rain here during summer, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> daily until winter rains resume. It loves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/compost-happens\/\">a good shot of compost<\/a>, but growers who use artificial <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/fertilizer.html\">fertilizers<\/a> should only use weak doses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_2_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9553\" title=\"Masdevallia flower close up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_2_640px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flower close up\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_2_640px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_2_640px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_2_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_1_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9552\" title=\"Masdevallia flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_1_640px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flower\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_1_640px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_1_640px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_1_640px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_5_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9556\" title=\"Masdevallia flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_5_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_5_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_5_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_5_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, it&#8217;s not winter &#8212; it&#8217;s just another cool, foggy San Francisco summer. Fortunately, it&#8217;s the perfect climate for this Bolivian beauty. Dozens of delightful pink and purple Masdevallia flowers opened more than a month ago in our back garden, and they&#8217;re still going strong. This species is native to elevations of 8000 &#8211; 9000 [&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":[15,5,19,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-fertilizing","category-mini-orchids","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9545","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=9545"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9587,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9545\/revisions\/9587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}