Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20185204
Award Date: March 03, 2018
Awarded As: Masdevallia karelii
Nine charming, beautifully colored flowers and four buds on 11.0 cm erect inflorescences, held above the foliage of a robust, caespitose, slightly ascendant plant grown in a sphagnum moss and tree fern mix in an 8.5 cm diameter clay pot; 2.0 cm wide by 6.5 cm long oblanceolate leaves are borne singly on a 0.2 cm wide x 3.8 cm tall ramicaul; dorsal and later sepals cream, lateral sepals heavily overlaid magental proximal half, fused portion of sepals bright yellow centrally, 0,1 cm bright magenta cilae sparsely cover distal half speal surface, dorsal and lateral caudae citron yellow; petals cream yellow; lip magenta, hinged, held close to cream yellow column; substance medium; texture glossy; recently described Peruvian species (2014); confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 11.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 6.5 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 2.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 3.8 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.2 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: caespitose
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: non-visible, medium quality
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 11 cm (0.1 cm diameter)
Inflorescence > Arrangement: single flowered
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 9.3 cm - peduncle green, round
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.7 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.7 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 1.2 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.1 cm (translucent green)
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.5 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: green
Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.7 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.5 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.2 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: 2.2 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 3.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Length: 2.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): hinged
Flower > Column Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: white