Masdevallia sumapazensis

Masdevallia sumapazensis is a species of orchid in the genus Masdevallia, endemic to the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia in northern South America. It was first described by Pedro Ortiz in 1981. The species Byrsella sumapazensis, described in 2006 by Luer, is a synonym species of Masdevallia.

Etymology
The genus name Masdevallia is derived from José Masdeval, a physician and botanist in the court of Charles III of Spain. The species epithet is taken from the Sumapaz Páramo, in pre-Columbian times inhabited by the Chibcha-speaking Sutagao, where the holotype has been collected at an altitude of 3255 m in Cabrera in 1970.

Description
The small high elevation orchid is yellow-green with purple spots. It grows in sub-páramo cloud forests at altitudes between 3200 m and 3300 m. The species is considered vulnerable.

Conservation
It is listed as vulnerable in the Red Book of Colombian plants.