The Saltatrices group of Masdevallias are especially desirable and attractive, at least to me. They are small plants, the flowers are almost all brightly colored, and most of them are easy to grow and profuse bloomers, if given the right conditions, cool temperatures and good humidity.
They are distinguished to the casual eye by their more or less tubular shape, by a kind of "belly" or bulge at the base of the sepaline tube, and by the glandular hairs that line the inside of the flower. Their bright colors, reds, oranges and yellows are also often an indication of their relation to this group.
Masdevallia hirtzii
Masdevallia ampullacea
Masdevallia eurynogaster
Masdevallia strobelii
Masdevallia constricta
Masdevallia fuchsii
Masdevallia filaria
Masdevallia mendozae
Masdevallia sotoana
Masdevallia filaria (pale form)
Masdevallia angulifera flava
Masdevallia limax
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