Masdevallia setacea Luer & Malo, Selbyana 2(4): 379. 1978.
TYPE: Ecuador. Morona- Santiago: epiphytic in cloud forest of the Cordillera Oriental, alt. 1700 m, April 1975, collected by B. Malo, cultivated near Cuenca, flowered in cult. 9 July 1977, C. Luer 1658 (holotype, SEL).