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Masdevallia amplexa

Masdevallia amplexa (Luer) is a Peruvian endemic from the Andean cloud forests, known from few collections and seldom cultivated; the name refers to the clasping sepals. No habitat data reached this profile, so it is built from what Peruvian montane masdevallias need: cool days, cold nights, high humidity and moving air.

Masdevallia amplexa
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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 in montane cloud forest on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes, the habitat of nearly all Peruvian masdevallias; the type locality is not available to this profile.

No record carries an elevation; Peruvian masdevallias are concentrated between about 1,500 and 3,000 m, and the profile assumes that band.

Peru

🔒 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.