Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20185300
Award Date: January 26, 2018
Awarded As: Masdevallia tatianae
Seven flowers and five buds held just above the foliage on 12 cm inflorescences emerging from 11 growths of a 22 cm wide by 14 cm tall caespitose robust multi-growth plant growing in an 9 cm diameter round clay pot; 1.5 cm wide by 11 cm long lanceolate deep green leaves borne on 3.0 cm black-tinged deep green ramicauls; spherical sepaline tube ivory, cordovan pubescence morginally; caudae cordovan, dorsal cauda anteflexed; lateral caudae backswept; petals cream, clasp column; mobile lip cream, apical tip dark cordovan; cylindrical ovary pale olive, ribbed, glossy; substance firm; texture; a very attractive and desirable new species described in 2016; native to Peru;
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 14 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 11 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: up to 2.5 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 3.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: .3 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: smooth, stippled black, enclosed in senescent sheath when mature
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: caespitose
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: white
Inflorescence > Overall Length: up to 12 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: single flowered
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: n/a
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: n/a
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.6 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: pale olive, shiny; tippled purple where it joins the sepals
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: ribbed
Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.5 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.1 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.8 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: 3.4 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: 0.2
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.3 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Length: 3.9 dm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): hinged apically; mobile, single central keel
Flower > Column Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: white