Masdevallia lineolata Moraceae The blooms display very narrow

The blooms display very narrow

Reduce watering slightly in winter

avoid direct midday sun to prevent stress on the slender stems and narrow foliage

Best grown in a hanging basket or elevated pot to allow the long pendant racemes to cascade freely

displaying a wide range of color combinations from yellow-green backgrounds with deep burgundy spots and markings to more intense purple and maroon colorations

Masdevallia lineolata Moraceae The blooms display very narrowA floriferous epiphyte native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing multiple simultaneous blooms on slender erect scapes above long, arching, lanceolate leaves. The small cucullate flowers are defined by bold, parallel dark stripes running the full length of each sepal a graphic, almost hand drawn pattern that gives the species its name lineolata, meaning "finely lined." Light: 7080% shade cloth; avoid direct midday sun. Bright, diffused light