On the third day in Peru, we saw Masdevallia uniflora in its natural habitat in Huasahuasi, which was the very flower I wanted to see in Peru most, and the following day we went back to see the flower in order to draw it, however, I couldn’t record every tiny detail of it for me to paint botanically.   

Therefore I gave up going out in the wild to look for other orchids, and forced myself to concentrate on drawing at the nursery in Palca.  The orchids I was interested in were Masdevallia uniflora, Oncidium bicolor, Oncidium aureum.  Also Phragmipedium caudatum, which we hadn’t seen in the wild yet.

This photograph is Masdevallia uniflora.　At the fiestas which are held in November in Huasahuasi, Masdevallia uniflora will be displayed everywhere, Saul said.