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Masdevallia angulifera

A Colombian Masdevallia from the Central and Western Cordilleras of Antioquia and Caldas. Labelled collections are from about 1800-2000 m, so it is a cool-growing cloud-forest epiphyte that needs constant moisture and cool nights.

Masdevallia angulifera
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Records come from Antioquia (Ituango, Musinga) and Caldas (Alto de Loaiza above Marmato). Several are plants collected in the wild and flowered in Colombian nurseries at 1800-2000 m.

Labelled elevations are 1800-2000 m. The one georeferenced site is at 1464 m.

Colombia

🔒 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.