{"id":6318,"date":"2020-01-25T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=6318"},"modified":"2020-01-25T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T21:19:47","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-16-masdevallia-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/25\/plant-a-day-2020-day-16-masdevallia-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 16) Masdevallia hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This started as one plant and has since morphed into three divisions of the same plant. I have had the original plant a long time, but I don\u2019t remember at all where I got it. I suspect it might have been at the Flower and Garden show here in Seattle\u2013maybe ten years ago or more. This is a Pixie Lavender x Ignea \u201cBean\u201d cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is what the plants looked like in the greenhouse today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They are a little scruffy coming through the winter. They should start sending up spikes any time and are usually in full bloom throughout the spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a gallery of photos of them in bloom. The striking, bright flowers always grab my attention and tempt me into photograph after photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n