Scarlet masdevallia: "This magnificent species grows on the ground on the southern slopes of the high mountains near Pamplona, at the height of 9,500 feet: April. Its brilliant flowers resemble, at a distance, those of the bejarias, vacciniums and other plants of those lofty regions". (Jean Linden; "Notes upon a collection of orchids formed in Colombia and Cuba by J. Linden", J. Lindley, 1846: 5)
country: Colombia
year: 1967
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