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Masdevallia apoloae

Masdevallia apoloae is an Ecuadorian species first described by Luer and Sijm as Alaticaulia apoloae and moved back into Masdevallia by Shaw in 2016. No wild locality with coordinates is public, so the conditions below come from the Ecuadorian Andean cloud forest that its relatives in the Alaticaulia group occupy, not from measurements of this species. Treat it as a cool-to-intermediate cloud-forest epiphyte and adjust to how the plant responds.

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

Nothing specific is published on its habitat beyond the country. Its relatives grow as epiphytes, occasionally on mossy rocks, in wet montane forest on the Andean slopes of Ecuador, usually between about 1,500 and 2,500 m.

No recorded elevation. The placeholder climate site sits at 1,215 m, which is probably lower and warmer than the species' true home.

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.