Masdevallia bonplandii

Masdevallia bonplandii Rchb.f. is a cold-growing high-Andean species recorded mostly in Ecuador at 2400 to 3600 m, with a few records from Colombia and Peru. The measured climate is strikingly cold: days of 15 to 16 C and nights of 4 to 7 C year-round, so it needs a genuinely cool space, not ordinary intermediate orchid conditions.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A tufted plant of upper montane cloud forest and elfin forest near the treeline, growing as an epiphyte on mossy trunks and as a terrestrial or lithophyte in moss on banks; the 35 GBIF wild records are almost all from the Ecuadorian Andes.

Recorded at 2400 to 3600 m, median 3100 m; the grid places the climate sites at 2700 to 3000 m.

EcuadorColombiaPeru

🔒 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.