Masdevallia ampullacea

Masdevallia ampullacea (Luer and Andreetta, 1979) is a small species from the wet eastern foothills of southern Ecuador at 800 to 1,700 m, named for its flask-shaped, bright yellow tubular flowers. It is one of the warmer-growing masdevallias, an intermediate grower that tolerates ordinary indoor days but still wants humid air and cool nights.

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

Epiphyte in very wet lower montane forest on the Amazonian slope of the Andes in Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe, where cloud and rain keep trunks permanently mossy.

800 to 1,700 m, median 1,200 m, from four records with elevations; one climate site sits near 1,980 m.

Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe)

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.