Masdevallia, new orchid!

This is the one and only orchid I bought at the Orchid Show back in April. But how could I resist? It's a whole different type that I don't have and it's really cool. The flowers are orange, but they sometimes have a reddish look to them. If you get up really close, you can see that there are tiny little hot pink hairs that are giving it the red color. Pretty damn cool, right?!

When I bought it there were a lot of little spikes growing so I thought that it would keep blooming for a while. But alas, it wanted a lot more water than my other ones so within a few weeks it had lost all the blooms. I'm sad because it had so much potential, but I did learn it's water needs.

Next up, trying to get it to bloom next year. Until then, it's a happy little leafy thing in my window.