Masdevallia roseola

Some orchids are just amazing bloomers, and this is definitely one of those. It blooms with this intense vigor twice a year in spring and fall with a sweet display of 30+ fragrant flowers with a lovely scent of honey. Masdevallia roseola is a miniature intermediate to cool growing epiphyte from Peru and Ecuador where it grows at elevations of 1500 to 1900 meters. I grow […]

By Karma|2017-10-13T11:25:46+02:00September 18th, 2011|Categories: My orchids|Tags: cool vivarium, EpiWeb, flower, fragrance, Masdevallia, Masdevallia roseola, orchid|4 Comments

Time to stop and smell the roseola

I wrote about this lovely little Masdevallia roseola back in May, and I thought the bloom it was producing then was quite impressive. Oh, and it really was, but after only a brief rest late in the summer it is back at it again with double the effort. This has turned into quite the little specimen and I just adore it! The definition of […]

By Karma|2017-10-13T11:25:54+02:00November 13th, 2010|Categories: My orchids|Tags: cool vivarium, flower, Masdevallia, Masdevallia roseola, orchid, scent|6 Comments