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Masdevallia acauda

Masdevallia acauda Vierling & W.Zimm.bis is a recently described, very rarely seen Andean species with almost no published cultivation record and no wild occurrence data in GBIF. Treat it as a typical cool-to-intermediate cloud-forest Masdevallia until better information appears.

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

No habitat data is published for this name beyond the genus pattern: small tufted epiphytes or lithophytes of humid, mossy Andean cloud forest.

Unknown; the genus mostly grows between about 1500 and 3000 m.

Andean South America

🔒 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.