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Masdevallia brachyantha

Masdevallia brachyantha Schltr. (1929) is a little-documented Bolivian species with no wild GBIF records. Treat it as a cool-to-intermediate Andean cloud-forest grower like its relatives; the hot lowland climate attached to the data is a country placeholder and should be ignored.

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

Presumed a small tufted epiphyte of humid montane forest, most likely the Yungas cloud forest on the eastern Andean slope of La Paz or Cochabamba; no species-specific habitat notes are available to us.

Unknown; likely 1500 to 2800 m. The climate site in the data is a lowland placeholder at 201 m and does not represent this plant.

Bolivia

🔒 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.