[2] Masdevallia davisii is grown cool and blooms in the late spring with a single brilliant yellow flower, usually deep orange inside.

[1] Masdevallia davisii is found in growing on rocky slopes in Peru at elevations of between 3000 and 3600 metres.

In 1873, Walter Davis was dispatched by James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London to collect samples of M. veitchiana and related species.

While collecting in the vicinity of Cusco, Davis found another unidentified Masdevallia species.

"[5]Masdevallia davisii flowered for the first time in England in August 1874[6] and rapidly gained favour, becoming widely cultivated in Europe for many years, but it eventually disappeared from collections, joining the ranks of "lost" orchid species, before being re-introduced by David Wellisch of San Francisco in 1978 and by Berthold Wurstle of Spielberg, Germany in 1980.