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Masdevallia acaroi

Masdevallia acaroi is a little-known Ecuadorian species described by Luer and Hirtz, with no georeferenced wild records. Ecuadorian Masdevallia of this kind are intermediate-to-cool cloud-forest epiphytes, and the profile below follows that pattern using a regional climate proxy.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumed epiphyte of humid montane forest on the Andean slopes of Ecuador, on mossy branches in bright shade.

No recorded elevations; the proxy site sits at about 1200 m on the eastern slope, likely at the warm end of its true range.

Ecuador

🔒 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.