Masdevallia Maui Lollipop 'Hannah'

This is for quite a while now the only Masdevallia hybrid I grow, and I've kept this only because I had it awarded by the American Orchid Society several years ago.  I don't find it unattractive, but just don't grow many hybrids.  This is a hybrid of Masdevallia mendozae and Madevallia Angel Frost, both of which have the hair-lined flowers of the Saltatrices section of Masdevallia.  This plant blooms in the winter and spring with an occasional flower the rest of the year.  The plant is 15 cm tall and the flowers are just over 3 cm long.  The plant is grown, like many others, in a plastic net pot and in sphagnum moss.

Masdevallia Maui Lollipop 'Hannah' HCC/AOS

I don't grow many orchid hybrids but this is one of the few, a charming hybrid of Masdevallia mendozae and Madevallia Angel Frost.  It is most like the Masdevallia mendozae parent with a very tubular flower, but has more erect flower spikes and a paler though brighter orange color, with the flowers slightly more open.  It has a double dose of "hairy" parents,  and so the flowers are lined with glandular hairs.

Masdevallia Maui Lollipop 'Hannah' HCC/AOS

I've posted pictures of this plant and its flowers before and even though I don't grow many hybrids this is worth posting again: it is such a charming plant.  It's is a hybrid of Masdevallia mendozae and Madevallia Angel Frost.  It is most like Masdevallia mendozae, but has more erect flower spikes and a paler though brighter orange color, with slightly more open flowers.

This plant also has an award now.  At the monthly meeting of the Northwest Regional Judging Center in Seattle it was awarded a Highly Commended Certificate by the American Orchid Society and given the clonal name of one of my granddaughters.  The award is for flower quality and recognized the size and presentation of the flowers.  At the time of judging it had sixteen flowers and six buds.

Masdevallia Maui Lollipop

Maui Lollipop is a hybrid of Masdevallia mendozae and Madevallia Angel Frost.  In my opinion, though it is a charming plant, it is not as nice as either parent.  It most resembles Masdevallia mendozae, but has longer and more erect flower spikes and a paler color, with slightly more open flowers.