Masdevallia maxilimax Helcia 18-24°C (64-75°F)

18-24°C (64-75°F)

Avoid direct sun

hanging lanterns

It is an orchid species native to South America

This remarkable epiphytic orchid produces distinctive pendulous flower spikes with intricate blooms featuring complex shapes and rich fragrance

Masdevallia maxilimax Helcia 18-24°C (64-75°F)Found in southern Ecuador at elevations of 1800 to 2000 meters as a mini miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with blackish, erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, acute leaf that is narrowly cuneate below into the blackish petiole and blooms in the summer and fall on a slender, erect, 1. 2" to 2. 4" [3 to 6 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising