Masdevallia fuchsii

Masdevallia fuchsii is from Peru and belongs to the Saltatrices section of the genus, plants whose flowers are tubular and have "bellies" and hairs on the insides of the flowers.  I have several plants of this species and this plant's flowers are more yellow than the others.  The plant is 10cm tall and the flowers 4cm.

Masdevallia strobelii

This is a very small plant but a prolific bloomer and very fragrant.  Masevallia strobelii belongs to the Saltatrices section of the genus Masdevallia and has the typical features of the species in that section, a slight bulge or "belly" at the bottom  of the flower, the flower tube lined with glandular hairs and bright color. It comes from Ecuador and is much used in hybridizing.  As with almost all my Masdevallias, it is grown in live sphagnum in a plastic net pot.

Barbosella cucullata

I've posted this species before, but last time it bloomed it had only two flowers.  It did much better this fall.  The species has thick, channeled leaves 5 cm long and 4 cm flowers on 15 cm spikes.  It is from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and is related to Masdevallia and Pleurothallis.  I grow it in live sphagnum and try to keep it slightly dry which it seems to prefer.  I've found, too, that the flowers are not very long-lasting.

Masdevallia medinae

Masdevallia medinae is from Ecuador and is a very small species, only 4-5 cm tall with flowers that are nearly as large, around 4cm.  I tis supposed to warm-growing, but I grow it cool-intermediate with all my other Masdevallias.  It is potted in live sphagnum and blooms in late fall or winter.

Barbosella cogniauxiana

A Brazilian species, this orchid is really tiny, growing as a mat of oval leaves that are only 1.5cm, with flower spikes of 5cm and single 3cm flowers.  The plant is temperature tolerant and easy to grow and can produce a mass of flowers that almost completely hide the plant itself.  It is best grown mounted, and my plant, rather recently acquired is glowing on a piece of a branch.  It is related to Pleurothallis and belongs to a small group of species from Central and South America.

Dracontia pachyglossa

Dracontia pachyglossa, also known as Pleurothallis paphyglossa, is a species from Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica.  My plant is 15cm tall with flower spikes equally long that come from the base of the leaf and bloom successively with four to five 2 cm flowers.  The plant is temperature tolerant and like most Pleurothallids prefers good humidity and air movement.

Stelis hirtella

These two tiny little Stelis are from Peru and Ecuador, at least if it is correctly identified.  I received the first species (with the purple-centered flowers) as an unidentified Stelis from Ecuador.  Someone has suggested that it is Stelis hirtella and and some of the pictures I've seen of that species match, though others do not.  The second plant, which does not have the purple centers, is also identified as Stelis hirtella, and is similar in plant size and form.  The plants are 3cm tall with 5-6cm flower spikes and 6mm flowers.  Perhaps someone who sees this posts is expert enough to sort these two out, but the Stelis species are notoriously difficult to distinguish.
 

Plant #1

Plant #2