Masdevallia Bella Donna 'Prima' [a difficult photo subject] is coccinea x datura. The blooms are faintly fragant [more so on a sunny warm day] which could be due to the parent datura. Masdevallia datura is one of the species I would very much like to grow but I have been told it is difficult to get [here in Australia] and also to grow, though my book Masdevallias: Gems of the Orchid World says datura is easy to grow at cool to intermediate temperatures. Here and here are two posts by Leo on the Pleurothallid Digest where he discusses his experience growing datura.
Actually I would like to grow every Masdevallia species I can get my orchid lovin, obsessed hands on [and ditto for every Pleurothallis species too! lol] but for now I am focusing on Masdevallia hybrids and the easier to grow Masdevallia species that are less demanding in terms of needing absolute minimum temperatures.
Masdevallia Angel Heart 'Rosie' is a sequential bloomer [which can rebloom from the same spike more than once] and is supposed to be more tolerant of warm temperatures. One photo shows the bloom and other spikes on the plant and is more colour accurate.
The photo below shows a detailed close-up look at the flower.
I have Masdevallia infracta and Masdevallia tovarensis 'Waverly' which are also sequential bloomers. The infracta is putting out new spikes and growths at the moment, but also has older spikes which I will leave on until they turn brown and die. The tovarensis [also multifloral [?] ] is putting out many new growths at the moment but no new spikes yet and it doesn't have any older spikes.
Future stuff: my Masdevallia Yungsun and Masdevallia Copper Queen growing and blooming in semi-hydro, new potting mix possibly better than the perlite/peat/styrofoam 'mud' mix.
