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Masdevallia acrochorodonia

Masdevallia acrochorodonia is an orthographic variant of Masdevallia acrochordonia Rchb.f., a small Ecuadorian cloud-forest species named for its warty flowers; GBIF carries both spellings as separate accepted names but they refer to the same plant. Grow it cool to intermediate, humid and constantly moist.

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

A small tufted epiphyte of wet montane and cloud forest on the Amazonian slope of the Ecuadorian Andes, growing in moss on trunks and branches in filtered light.

Reported from roughly 1500 to 2500 m; the climate site in the data sits at 1215 m and is a country placeholder, so real conditions are a few degrees cooler.

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.