Masdevallia maxilimax Palm is highly valued for its

is highly valued for its striking

Temperature: This hot-growing species thrives in warm

It is found at altitudes of 1800 to 2500 meters on mountain slopes

with slightly cooler nights at 20-26°C (68-79°F)

Thrives mounted on tree fern or cork bark

Masdevallia maxilimax Palm is highly valued for itsFound 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