Dracula chestertonii

Frog's skin

A Colombian cloud-forest Dracula, known as frog's skin. It was first described as Masdevallia chestertonii in 1883. Like others in the genus, it needs cool, shaded, constantly humid conditions and a basket, because its flower stems grow downward. The measured climate at its Andean sites is cool and wet all year, with almost no seasonal change.

Dracula chestertonii — Photo: CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of wet montane cloud forest in the Colombian Andes. The genus grows shaded in the understory, and there is no reason to think this species differs. The consulted sources give no microhabitat detail specific to this species.

The two measured sites are at 1900 m and 2400 m in the Western Cordillera. Few records carry an elevation.

Colombia

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.