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Masdevallia biflora

Masdevallia biflora Rchb.f. is a poorly known Colombian name with no wild GBIF records; Wikipedia redirects it to the widespread Masdevallia bicolor, which suggests it is often treated as a synonym or close relative. The only measured climate point is a hot lowland site at 174 m that no Masdevallia is likely to inhabit, so the home targets below follow the intermediate montane conditions of M. bicolor instead.

Masdevallia biflora
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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes are available. If it is M. bicolor or a relative, it is a small tufted epiphyte of humid Andean montane forest between roughly 1200 and 2400 m.

Unknown; the single climate point at 174 m is almost certainly wrong for the plant, and the genus in Colombia mostly grows above 1000 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.