Masdevallia
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Masdevallia''
| image = Masdevallia-barlaeana1web.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Masdevallia barlaeana''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Masdevallia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[Pav.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Masdevallia''''', abbreviated '''Masd''' in horticultural trade, is a large genus of plants of the [[Pleurothallidinae]], subtribe of the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]). There are over 500 species, grouped into several subgenera. The genus is named for Jose Masdeval, a physician and botanist in the court of [[Charles III of Spain]]. The genera '''''Luerella''''' <small>[[Braas]]</small> and '''''Rodrigoa''''' <small>[[Braas]]</small> are included in ''Masdevallia''.
These plants are found from [[Mexico]] to southern [[Brazil]], but mostly in the higher regions (2,500 - 4,000 m) of the [[Andes]] of [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]. They may be [[epiphyte]]s, [[terrestrial plant|terrestrial]]s or growing as [[lithophyte]]s on damp rocks.
The plant grows from a short, creeping [[rhizome]] from which appear minute [[pseudobulb]]s. Each carries one fleshy, smooth [[leaf]] held in tufts. These green leaves are ovate or lanceolate.
The triangular [[flower]]s grow on short [[pedicel]]s and are about 6 cm wide. On each pedicel there is ordinarily just one flower (as in the most beautiful ''Masdevallia veitchiana'') but sometimes there may be several (as in ''Masdevallia polysticta''). The [[petal]]s and the tongue-shaped or shell-shaped [[labellum|lip]] are small and are partly hidden deep inside the flower. The three large [[sepal]]s are fused along their edges and commonly have long tails. The sepals have all the colour and markings (often very brightly colored, large and showy). They bloom usually during summer.
==Species==
[[Image:Masdevallia-bicolor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia bicolor'']]
There is a lot of variation between the orchids of the genus ''Masdevallia''. This had led to a further division into subgenera, sections and subsections (according to Luer – See Reference)
Subgenus ''Amanda ''
*Section ''Amandae'' : 28+ species, e.g. ''M. amanda'', ''M. bulbophyllopsis'', ''M. melanopus'', ''M. polysticta''
*Section ''Ophioglossae'' : One or possibly two species: ''M. ophioglossa'', ''M. ophioglossa'' subsp. ''grossa''
Subgenus ''Masdevallia''
*Section ''Amaluzae'' : Six species: e.g. ''M. amaluzae'', ''M. carmenensis'', ''M. patula''
*Section ''Aphanes'' : Three species: ''M. aphanes'', ''M. capillaris'', ''M. scopaea''
*Section ''Caudivolvulae'' : Monotypic: ''M. caudivolvula''
*Section ''Coriaceae'' :
**Subsection ''Coriaceae'' : ~35 species, e.g. ''M. angulata'', ''M. caesia'', ''M. civilis'', ''M. foetens'', ''M. fractiflexa''
**Subsection ''Durae'' :''Four species'': ''M. ayabacana'', ''M. dura'', ''M. panguiensis'', ''M. utriculata''
*Section ''Ligiae'' : Monotypic: ''M. ligiae''
*Section ''Masdevallia'' :
**Subsection ''Caudatae'' : ~28 species, e.g. ''M. bottae'', ''M. decumana'', ''M. lychniphora'', ''M. triangularis'', ''M. xanthina''
**Subsection ''Coccineae'' : 12 species, e.g. ''M. amabilis'', ''M. barlaeana'', ''M. coccinea'', ''M. veitchiana''
**Subsection ''Masdevallia'' : ~58 species, e.g. ''M. agaster'', ''M. calocodon'', ''M. mejiana'', ''M. uniflora''
**Subsection ''Oscillantes'' : 12 species, e.g. ''M. andreettana'', ''M. pteroglossa'', ''M. wagneriana''
**Subsection ''Saltatrices'' : 14 species, e.g. ''M. angulifera'', ''M. limax'', ''M. saltatrix'', ''M. urosalpinx'', ''M. ventricularia''
**Subsection ''Tubulosae'' : Seven species, e.g. ''M. bangii'', ''M. irapana'', ''M. tubulosa''
*Section ''Mentosae'' : Monotypic: ''M. mentosa''
*Section ''Minutae'' : ~21 species, e.g. ''M. floribunda'', ''M. herradurae'', ''M. minuta'', ''M. nicaraguae'', ''M. wendlandiana''
*Section ''Racemosae'' : Monotypic: ''M. racemosa''
*Section ''Reichenbachianae'' :
**Subsection ''Dentatae'' : Two species: ''M. collina'', ''M. macrogenia''
**Subsection ''Reichenbachianae'' : ~11 species, e.g. ''M. rolfeana'', ''M. schroderiana'', ''M. striatella''
Subgenus ''Cucullatia'' : Four species: ''M. cerastes'', ''M. corniculata'', ''M. cucullata'', ''M. macrura''
Subgenus ''Fissia'' : Three species: ''M. mutica'', ''M. picturata'', ''M. pleurothalloides''
Subgenus ''Meleagris'' : Seven species, e.g. ''M. anisomorpha'', ''M. heteroptera'', ''M. meleagris''
Subgenus ''Nidifica'' : Five species: e.g. ''M. dynastes'', ''M. nidifica'', ''M. ventricosa''
Subgenus ''Pelecaniceps'' : Monotypic; ''M. pelecaniceps''
Subgenus ''Polyantha'' : 104 species
*section ''Alaticaules'' : ''M. bicolor'', ''M. infracta'', ''M. scobina'', ''M. stenorrhynchos'', ''M. tovarensis''
*section ''Polyanthae'' : Seven species, e.g. ''M. discoidea'', ''M. lata'', ''M. polyantha'', ''M. schlimii''
Subgenus ''Pygmaeia'' : Five species: e.g. ''M. anachaeta'', ''M. erinacea'', ''M. pygmaea''
Subgenus ''Scabripes''
Subgenus ''Teagueia'' : ''M. teaguei''; recently considered as the genus ''Teagueia'' (see Reference)
Subgenus ''Volvula''
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*''Masdevallia abbreviata'' (Ecuador to N. Peru.)
*''Masdevallia acaroi'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia adamsii'' (Belize).
*''Masdevallia adrianae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia aenigma'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia affinis'' (Venezuela to Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia agaster'' (S. Ecuador.
*''Masdevallia aguirrei'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia akemia'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia albella'' (SE. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia alexandri'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia alvaroi'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia amabilis'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia amaluzae'' (Ecuador to Peru).
*''Masdevallia amanda'' (NW. Venezuela to Ecuador)
[[Image:Masdevallia-bulbopyllopsis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Spilotantha'' (''Masdevallia'') ''microsiphon'']]
*''Masdevallia ametroglossa'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia amoena'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia amplexa'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia ampullacea'' (S. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia anachaeta'' (W. South America)
*''Masdevallia anceps'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia anchorifera'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia andreettaeana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia anemone'' (Ecuador ).
*''Masdevallia anfracta'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia angulata'' (S. Colombia to Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia angulifera'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia anisomorpha'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia anomala'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia antonii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia aphanes'' (Ecuador to Peru).
*''Masdevallia apparitio'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia aptera'' Luer & L.O'Shaughn (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia arangoi'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia ariasii'' (SE. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia arminii'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia assurgens'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia asterotricha'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia atahualpa'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia attenuata'' (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia audax'' (Peru).
[[Image:Masdevallia-civilis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia civilis'']]
*''Masdevallia aurea'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia aurorae'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia ayabacana'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia bangii'' (Ecuador to Bolivia)
*''Masdevallia barlaeana'' (Peru.
*''Masdevallia barrowii'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia bathyschista'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia belua'' (SE. Ecuador.
*''Masdevallia bennettii'' (Peru.
*''Masdevallia berthae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia bicolor'' (W. South America to NW. Venezuela).).
*''Masdevallia bicornis'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia blanda'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia boliviensis'' (Bolivia).
**''Masdevallia boliviensis'' subsp. ''boliviensis'' (Bolivia). Hemicr. or rhizome geophyte)
**''Masdevallia boliviensis'' subsp. ''leucophaea'' (Bolivia. Hemicr. or rhizome geophyte)
[[Image:Masdevallia-fractiflexa.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia fractiflexa'']]
*''Masdevallia bonplandii'' (E. Colombia to C. Peru).
*''Masdevallia bottae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia bourdetteana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia brachyantha'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia brachyura'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia brenneri'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia brockmuelleri'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia bryophila'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia buccinator'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia bucculenta'' (NW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia bulbophyllopsis'' (SW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia burianii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia burzlaffiana'' (Guatemala).
*''Masdevallia cacodes'' (Colombia.
*''Masdevallia caesia'' (W. Colombia)
[[Image:Masdevallia caesia - Diogo Correia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia caesia'']]
*''Masdevallia calagrasalis'' (SE. Ecuador).
[[Image:Masdevallia-ignea.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia ignea'']]
*''Masdevallia calocalix'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia caloptera'' (N. Peru)
*''Masdevallia calosiphon'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia calura'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia campyloglossa'' (W. South America)
*''Masdevallia cardiantha'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia carmenensis'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia carnosa'' Königer (Peru)
*''Masdevallia carpishica'' (Peru.
*''Masdevallia carruthersiana'' (Colombia to SE. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia castor'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia catapheres'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia caudata'' (Colombia to Venezuela).
[[Image:Masdevallia-mejiana.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia mejiana'']]
*''Masdevallia caudivolvula'' (Colombia.
*''Masdevallia cerastes'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia chaetostoma'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia chaparensis'' (Bolivia)
*''Masdevallia chasei'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia chimboensis'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia chontalensis'' (C. America).
*''Masdevallia chuspipatae'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia cinnamomea'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia citrinella'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia civilis'' (Venezuela to Peru).
*''Masdevallia clandestina'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia cleistogama'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia cloesii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia cocapatae'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia coccinea: '''Little Flags''''' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia collantesii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia collina'' (Panama).
*''Masdevallia colossus'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia concinna'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia condorensis'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia constricta'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia copiosa'' (Colombia).
[[Image:Masdevallia-pteroglossa.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia pteroglossa'']]
*''Masdevallia corazonica'' (WC. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia cordeliana'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia corderoana'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia coriacea'' (Colombia to Ecuador
*''Masdevallia corniculata'' (Colombia to E. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia cosmia'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia cranion'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia crassicaulis'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia crescenticola'' (W. Colombia to W. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia cretata'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia cryptocopis'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia cucullata: Widow Orchid'' (Colombia to Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia cucutillensis'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia cuprea'' (S. Trop. America).
*''Masdevallia cupularis'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia curtipes'' (SE. Brazil).
*''Masdevallia cyclotega'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia cylix'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dalessandroi'' (S. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dalstroemii'' (Ecuador) .
*''Masdevallia datura'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia davisii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia deceptrix'' (Venezuela).
[[Image:Masdevallia-rolfeana.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Black orchid (''Masdevallia rolfeana'')]]
*''Masdevallia decumana'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia deformis'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia delhierroi'' (EC. Ecuador.
*''Masdevallia delphina'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia demissa'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia deniseana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia descendens'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dimorphotricha'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia discoidea'' (Brazil)
*''Masdevallia discolor'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia don-quijote'' (S. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dorisiae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia draconis'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dreisei'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dryada'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia dudleyi'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia dunstervillei'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia dura'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia dynastes'' (WC. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia eburnea'' (Panama)
*''Masdevallia echo'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia ejiriana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia elachys'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia elegans'' (Peru).
[[Image:Masdevallia-striatella.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia striatella'']]
*''Masdevallia elephanticeps'' (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia empusa'' (SE. Ecuador to C. Peru).
*''Masdevallia enallax'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia encephala'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia ensata'' (Colombia to NW. Venezuela)
*''Masdevallia ephelota'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia erinacea'' (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia estradae'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia eucharis'' (S. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia eumeces'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia eumeliae'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia eurynogaster'' (SE. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia excelsior'' (SE. Ecuador)
[[Image:Masdevallia-tovarensis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia tovarensis'']]
*''Masdevallia exilipes'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia expers'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia exquisita'' (Bolivia)
*''Masdevallia falcago'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia figueroae'' (S. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia flaveola'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia floribunda'' (Mexico to C. America).
*''Masdevallia foetens'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia formosa'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia fosterae'' (S. America) (?).
*''Masdevallia fractiflexa'' (SE. Ecuador.
*''Masdevallia frilehmannii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia fuchsii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia fulvescens'' (Costa Rica to Colombia).
*''Masdevallia garciae'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia gargantua'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia geminiflora'' (W. Colombia to W. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia gilbertoi'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia glandulosa'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia glomerosa'' (S. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia goliath'' (SE. Ecuador to NE. Peru)
*''Masdevallia gloriae'' (Panama)
*''Masdevallia graminea'' (SW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia guayanensis'' (N. South America to Brazil).
[[Image:Masdevallia-triangularis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia triangularis'']]
*''Masdevallia guerrieroi'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia gutierrezii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia guttulata'' (SE. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia harlequina'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia hartmanii'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia heideri'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia helenae'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia henniae'' (S. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia hercules'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia herradurae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia heteroptera'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia hians'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia hieroglyphica'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia hirtzii'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia hoeijeri'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia hortensis'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia hubeinii'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia hydrae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia hylodes'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia hymenantha'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia hystrix'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia icterina'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia idae'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia ignea'' (Colombia).
[[Image:Masdevallia-urosalpinx.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia urosalpinx'']]
*''Masdevallia immensa'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia impostor'' (W. Venezuela to SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia indecora'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia infracta'' (Brazil to Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia ingridiana'' (Ecuador.)
*''Masdevallia instar'' (Ecuador to Peru).
*''Masdevallia ionocharis'' (Peru to Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia irapana'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia iris'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia ishikoi'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia isos'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia jarae'' (Peru).
[[Image:Masdevallia-veitchiana.jpg|thumb|right|250px|King of the Masdevallias (''Masdevallia veitchiana'')]]
*''Masdevallia josei'' (Ecuador) .
*''Masdevallia juan-albertoi'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia kalbreyeri'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia karineae'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia kuhnorum'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia kyphonantha'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia laevis'' (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia lamia'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia lamprotyria'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru)
*''Masdevallia lankesterana'' (Costa Rica)
*''Masdevallia lansbergii'' (N. Venezuela)
*''Masdevallia lappifera'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia lata'' (Costa Rica)
*''Masdevallia lauchiana'' (Costa Rica)
*''Masdevallia leathersii'' Luer (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia lehmannii'' (Colombia to Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia lenae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia leonardoi'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia leonii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia leontoglossa'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia lepida'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia leptoura'' (WC. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia leucantha'' (Colombia to Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia lewisii'' (Bolivia).
[[Image:Masdevallia-ventricularia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Masdevallia ventricularia'']]
*''Masdevallia ligiae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia lilacina'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia lilianae'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia limax'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia lineolata'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia lintricula'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru)
*''Masdevallia livingstoneana'' (Costa Rica to Panama)
*''Masdevallia loui'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia lucernula'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia ludibunda'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia ludibundella'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia luziaemariae'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia lychniphora'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia lynniana'' Luer (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia macrogenia'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia macroglossa'' (NE. Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia macropus'' (S. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia macrura'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia maculata'' (Colombia to Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia maduroi'' (Panama).
*''Masdevallia mallii'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia maloi'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia manchinazae'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia mandarina'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia manningii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia manoloi'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia manta'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia marginella'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia marizae'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia marthae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia martineae'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia martiniana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia mascarata'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia mastodon'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia mataxa'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia maxilimax'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia mayaycu'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia medinae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia medusa'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia mejiana'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia melanoglossa'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia melanopus'' (SW. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia melanoxantha'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia meleagris'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia menatoi'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia mendozae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia mentosa'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia merinoi'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia mezae'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia microptera'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia microsiphon'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia midas'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia milagroi'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia minuta'' (S. Trop. America)
*''Masdevallia misasii'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia molossoides'' (Costa Rica)
*''Masdevallia molossus'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia monicana'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia monogona'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia mooreana'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia morochoi'' (SE. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia murex'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia mutica'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia mystica'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia naranjapatae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia navicularis'' (NW. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia nebulina'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia newmaniana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia nicaraguae'' (Nicaragua).
*''Masdevallia nidifica'' (C. America to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia niesseniae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia nikoleana'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia nitens'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia nivea'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia norae'' (N. South America).
*''Masdevallia norops'' (E. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia notosibirica'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia obscurans'' (Brazil – Pernambuco).
*''Masdevallia odontocera'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia odontopetala'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia omorenoi'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia ophioglossa'' (W. Ecuador).
**''Masdevallia ophioglossa'' subsp. ''grossa'' (W. Ecuador). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia ophioglossa'' subsp. ''ophioglossa'' (W. Ecuador). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia orchipayanensium'' P. Ortiz (2004) (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia oreas'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia ortalis'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia os-draconis'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia os-viperae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia oscarii'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia oscitans'' (Brazil).
*''Masdevallia ostaurina'' Luer & V.N.M.Rao (Panama)
*''Masdevallia oxapampaensis'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia pachyantha'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia pachygyne'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia pachysepala'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia pachyura'' (SW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia paivaeana'' (Peru to Bolivia)
*''Masdevallia pandurilabia'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia panguiensis'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia pantomima'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia papillosa'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia paquishae'' (SE. Ecuador to Peru).
*''Masdevallia pardina'' (S. Colombia to N. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia parvula'' (W. South America).
*''Masdevallia pastinata'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia patchicutzae'' (SE. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia patriciana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia patula'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia paulensis'' (SE. Brazil).
*''Masdevallia peristeria'' (Colombia to NW. Ecuador).
**''Masdevallia peristeria'' subsp. ''haematosticta'' (Colombia to NW. Ecuador). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia peristeria'' subsp. ''peristeria'' (NW. Colombia). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia pernix'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia persicina'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia pescadoensis'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia phacopsis'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia phasmatodes'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia phlogina'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia phoenix'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia picea'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia picta'' (SE. Ecuador to N. Peru) .
*''Masdevallia picturata'' (C. & S. Trop. America).
*''Masdevallia pileata'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia pinocchio'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia planadensis'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia plantaginea'' (SE. Ecuador to NC. Peru).
*''Masdevallia platyglossa'' (Colombia to Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia pleurothalloides'' (Panama)
*''Masdevallia plynophora'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia pollux'' (Ecuador to Peru).
*''Masdevallia polychroma'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia polysticta'' (W. Ecuador to N. Peru).
**''Masdevallia polysticta'' subsp. ''polysticta'' (W. Ecuador to N. Peru). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia polysticta'' subsp. ''spathulifolia'' (W. Ecuador to N. Peru). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia popowiana'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia porphyrea'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia portillae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia posadae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia princeps'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia proboscoidea'' Luer & V.N.M.Rao (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia prodigiosa'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia prolixa'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia prosartema'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia pterygiophora'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia pulcherrima'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia pumila'' (S. Colombia to C. Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia purpurella'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia purpurina'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia pygmaea'' (Costa Rica to NW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia pyknosepala'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia pyxis'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia quasimodo'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia racemosa'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia rafaeliana'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia rana-aurea'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia receptrix'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia recurvata'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia regina'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia reichenbachiana'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia renzii'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia repanda'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia replicata'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia revoluta'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia rex'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia rhinophora'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia rhodehameliana'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia richardsoniana'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia ricii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia rigens'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia rimarima-alba'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia robusta'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia rodolfoi'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia rolandorum'' (Peru)
*''Masdevallia rolfeana: '''Black Orchid''''' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia rosea'' (S. Colombia to Ecuador).
**''Masdevallia rosea'' subsp. ''echinata'' (S. Colombia to N. Ecuador). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia rosea'' subsp. ''rosea'' (EC. & SE. Ecuador). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia roseola'' (SE. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia rubeola'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia rubiginosa'' (SE. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia rufescens'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia rugulosa'' Königer (Peru)
*''Masdevallia saltatrix'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia sanchezii'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia sanctae-fidei'' (Colombia to Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia sanctae-inesae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia sanguinea'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia scabrilinguis'' (Costa Rica to Panama).
*''Masdevallia scalpellifera'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia scandens'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia scapha'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia sceptrum'' (NE. Colombia to NW. & N. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia schildhaueri'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia schizantha'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia schizopetala'' (Costa Rica, Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia schizostigma'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia schlimii'' (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia schmidt-mummii'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia schoonenii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia schroederae'' (C. America).
*''Masdevallia schroederiana'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia schudelii'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia scitula'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia scobina'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia scopaea'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia segurae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia selenites'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia semiteres'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia senghasiana'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia serendipita'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia sernae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia sertula'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia sessilis'' (SE. Brazil).
*''Masdevallia setacea'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia setipes'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia shiraishii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia siphonantha'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia smallmaniana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia soennemarkii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia solomonii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia speciosa'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia spilantha'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia splendida'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia sprucei'' (S. Venezuela to N. Brazil).
*''Masdevallia staaliana'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia stenorhynchos'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia stigii'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia stirpis'' (Venezuela)
*''Masdevallia strattoniana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia striatella'' (Costa Rica to NW. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia strobelii'' (SE. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia strumella'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia strumifera'' (Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia stumpflei'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia suinii'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia sulphurella'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia sumapazensis'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia synthesis'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia teaguei'' (Colombia to Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia tentaculata'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia terborchii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia theleura'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia thienii'' (Costa Rica to NW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia tinekeae'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia titan'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia tokachiorum'' (Panama).
*''Masdevallia tonduzii'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia torta'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia tovarensis'' (N. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia trautmanniana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia triangularis'' (Venezuela to Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia tricallosa'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia tricolor'' (N. Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia tricycla'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia tridens'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia trifurcata'' (SE. Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia trigonopetala'' (S. Colombia to E. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia trochilus'' (C. Colombia to C. Peru).
*''Masdevallia truncata'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia tsubotae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia tubata'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia tubuliflora'' (Mexico - Chiapas) to C. America).
*''Masdevallia tubulosa'' (W. South America to NW. Venezuela).
**''Masdevallia tubulosa'' subsp. ''syringodes'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia tubulosa'' subsp. ''tubulosa'' (Colombia to NW. Venezuela). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia tuerckheimii'' (Mexico - Chiapas) to C. America).
*''Masdevallia uncifera'' (S. Colombia to N. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia uniflora'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia urceolaris'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia ustulata'' (E. Colombia to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia utriculata'' (Panama).
*''Masdevallia valenciae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia vargasii'' (S. Colombia to C. Bolivia and N. Brazil).
*''Masdevallia vasquezii'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia veitchiana: '''King of the Masdevallias''''' (NW. Peru)
*''Masdevallia velella'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia velifera'' (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia venatoria'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia venezuelana'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia ventricularia'' (Colombia to NW. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia venus'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia verecunda'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia vexillifera'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia vidua'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia vieirana'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia villegasii'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia virens'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia virgo-cuencae'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia vittatula'' (S. Colombia to N. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia vomeris'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia wagneriana'' (Colombia to N. Venezuela).
**''Masdevallia wagneriana'' var. ''colombiana'' (Colombia). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia wagneriana'' var. ''pteroglossa'' (Colombia). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia wagneriana'' var. ''wagneriana'' (N. Venezuela). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia walteri'' (Costa Rica).
*''Masdevallia weberbaueri'' (S. Ecuador to N. Peru)
*''Masdevallia welischii'' (Peru).
*''Masdevallia wendlandiana'' (S. Trop. America).
*''Masdevallia whiteana'' (SE. Ecuador to N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia wubbenii'' (Venezuela).
*''Masdevallia wuelfinghoffiana'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia wuellneri'' P. Ortiz (2004) (Colombia)
*''Masdevallia wuerstlei'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia wurdackii'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia xanthina'' (Colombia to Ecuador).
**''Masdevallia xanthina'' subsp. ''klabochorum'' (Colombia to Ecuador). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia xanthina'' subsp. ''pallida'' (Ecuador). Hemicr.
**''Masdevallia xanthina'' subsp. ''xanthina'' (Colombia to Ecuador). Hemicr.
*''Masdevallia ximenae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia xiphium'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia xylina'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia yungasensis'' (Bolivia).
**''Masdevallia yungasensis'' subsp. ''calocodon'' (Bolivia). Hemicr. or rhizome geophyte
**''Masdevallia yungasensis'' subsp. ''yungasensis'' (Bolivia). Hemicr. or rhizome geophyte
*''Masdevallia zahlbruckneri'' (C. America to W. Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia zamorensis'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia zapatae'' (Colombia).
*''Masdevallia zebracea'' (N. Peru).
*''Masdevallia zongoensis'' (Bolivia).
*''Masdevallia zumbae'' (Ecuador)
*''Masdevallia zumbuehlerae'' (Ecuador).
*''Masdevallia zygia'' (Ecuador)
[[Image:Masdevallia-agaster.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Masdevallia agaster'']]
==References==
*Carlyle A. Luer: Icones Pleurothallidinarum, Systematics of Masdevallia, Complete Set; Missouri Botanical Garden Press (1984-2003)
*[http://www.loujost.com/Teagueia%20Monograph/TeagueiaMonograph.htm Monograph of the genus Teagueia]
*New species from: Orchid Research Newsletter 47 (January 2006); Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
*Mary E. Gerritsen and Ron Parsons: Masdevallias, Gems of the Orchid World. Timber Press. 2005
==External links==
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*[http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Gallery/Mas.html Image gallery]
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