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never descend to very low altitudes. They therefore require a temperature 
identical with that given to the majority of Odontoglossums, which they closely 
approach in other respects with regard to the districts in which they are collected. 
Their extremely dark and very brilliant tints, which the pencil of the artist 
is hardly able to reproduce faithfully, gives to most of them a particular interest, 
and it is rare to find in the elevated regions of the South American Cordillera a 
flower whose penetrating colour arrests the attention or excites the admiration 
as much as the Masdevallias.... 
Masdevallias, in conclusion, certainly deserve a place in all collections of 
choice Orchids, and increase notably their beauty and importance, by the infinite 
variations which they present, both in form and colour. ” 
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