MASDEVALLIA NIDIFICA, 
Munchique near Popayin ; and at San Pablo on the road from Barbacoas to Tuquerres, at 1,200 to 1300 
métres (3,900 to 4,875 feet). 
In Ecuador :—At Anque on the way from Quito to Nanegal ; at Cansacoto, Milligalli, and) Silute, 
between the Cerro de Corazon and Santo Domingo de los Colorados, at 1,400 to 2,000 metres (4,550 to 
6,500 feet) ; at Balsapamba between Babahoyo and Chimborazo ; at Puente de Chimbo, on the road trom 
Yaguachi to Alansi; at Chacayacu, on the way from Naranjal to Cuenea; and at El Cucho between 
Santa Rosa and Zaruma, at an elevation of 500 to 600 metres (1.625 to 1,950 feet). 
The specimens first named by Reichenbach were collected at Anque and Cansacoto near Quito, at 
1,400 to 2,000 métres, the highest elevation of the species, where plants are often found twice as large as 
those growing in Costa Rica, the Howers being more substantial, pale vellow, marked with broad dark 
chocolate-brown streaks on both dorsal and lateral sepals. The lip and petals also differ somewhat from 
those of flowers growing at the lowest elevation, which are small and membranous, pale yellow, faintly 
spotted with small reddish dots on the outside of the lateral sepals. Specimens from Costa Rica vary 
slightly from the Colombian plants, and considerably from those found in Ecuador. 
M. nidifica grows on trees and also on walls of rock. The climate is always damp, and as there are 
but few days without rain during the year, the atmosphere is saturated with moisture. 
