Masdevallia Ruby Slippers

Masdevallia Ruby Slippers is a hybrid of Masdevallia calura and Masdevallia coccinea.  I have two plants of this cross - they came together as one plant.  One has flowers that are rather light colored.  This clone has a flowers that are a deep reddish purple, a color that I find very difficult to capture with a camera.

Masdevallia Ruby Slippers

Masdevallia Ruby Slippers is a hybrid of two species, coccinea and calura.  Both plant size and flowers seem more influenced by Masdevallia calura, since the plant is not large and flowers colored like calura, the plant being 6-8 cm tall and the flower spikes about 20 cm.