Forest Orange. Masdevallia sp., Cloud Forest Conservatory, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
The Cloud Forest Conservatory of the Gardens by the Bay of Singapore has a wonderful section of Orchids. There are huge ones and also very tiny ones for which the gardeners have devised a very helpful system of magnifying glasses. Here, though, is an Orange In-Between, I think a Masdevallia.
There are lots of Masdevallias and a huge following of hybrids. Masdevallia was first used as a scientific name in 1794 by Hipólito Ruiz López (1754-1816) and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754-1840). They were indefatigable botanists, members of a voyage of exploration (1777-1788) to Peru and Chile funded by king Charles III of Spain. Upon their return they published their findings in 1794 and gratefully named this Orchid for José Masdevall Terrades Llobet y Berenguer (?-1801), 'the king's most deserving doctor and a patron of botany'.
Which Masdevallia this is more specifically I don't know: perhaps it's the Hybrid Annette Hall... It's like an Orange Flame in the Jungle!
Forest Orange. Masdevallia sp., Cloud Forest Conservatory, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
The Cloud Forest Conservatory of the Gardens by the Bay of Singapore has a wonderful section of Orchids. There are huge ones and also very tiny ones for which the gardeners have devised a very helpful system of magnifying glasses. Here, though, is an Orange In-Between, I think a Masdevallia.
There are lots of Masdevallias and a huge following of hybrids. Masdevallia was first used as a scientific name in 1794 by Hipólito Ruiz López (1754-1816) and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754-1840). They were indefatigable botanists, members of a voyage of exploration (1777-1788) to Peru and Chile funded by king Charles III of Spain. Upon their return they published their findings in 1794 and gratefully named this Orchid for José Masdevall Terrades Llobet y Berenguer (?-1801), 'the king's most deserving doctor and a patron of botany'.
Which Masdevallia this is more specifically I don't know: perhaps it's the Hybrid Annette Hall... It's like an Orange Flame in the Jungle!