Masdevallia aurea

Masdevallia aurea Luer (1978) is an Ecuadorian species with golden-yellow flowers, known from very few collections. The only georeferenced site in the data lies at about 1,215 m in wet, warm-intermediate forest, which is lower and warmer than most Masdevallia; treat that as a single data point and grow it at the warm end of intermediate.

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

Presumably an epiphyte in wet premontane forest on the Andean slopes of Ecuador. The one climate site (about 1,215 m) implies warm, humid forest with rain every month, but a single record cannot rule out a cooler cloud-forest origin higher up.

One site at about 1,215 m; no other elevation on record.

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.