Masdevallia audax

Masdevallia audax Königer (1986) is a Peruvian species known almost only from its original description, with no georeferenced wild records. It was described alongside M. asterotricha from Peruvian cloud-forest material. Treat it as a cool-growing Andean cloud-forest Masdevallia until a locality with an elevation turns up.

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

Not documented beyond 'Peru'. Peruvian Masdevallia of this kind are small tufted epiphytes, sometimes lithophytes, in wet montane and cloud forest on the eastern Andean slopes, roughly 1,500–3,000 m, on mossy trunks and branches in shade or dappled light.

No elevation on record; assumed cloud-forest elevations of about 1,500–3,000 m, typical of the genus in Peru.

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.