Calceolaria lamiifolia is native to the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, where it grows as a subshrub on moist, cool mountain slopes, roadsides, and cloud-forest edges. Plants branch from a woody base and flower in loose clusters along short racemes. The blooms are bright yellow and characteristically two-lipped: a small, hooded upper lip and a strongly inflated lower lip that forms a rounded “slipper.” Each flower is subtended by a felted, green calyx; pedicels and bracts are softly pubescent. Anthers are tucked near the throat, and a narrow slit at the top of the pouch admits visiting insects. Leaves are opposite and softly hairy; the species epithet “lamiifolia” refers to foliage reminiscent of certain mint relatives. Photographed in Ecuador.