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Masdevallia buccinator

Masdevallia buccinator Rchb.f. & Warsz. (1854) is a Colombian species with a long-tubed, trumpet-like flower, recorded at 2300 m in the Eastern Cordillera of Santander. It is a genuinely cool grower that needs nights near 10 C and days that stay in the low twenties.

Masdevallia buccinator
Photo: Brett Francis from United States of Amercia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

The record lies in cool, humid upper montane forest of the Eastern Cordillera; assumed to grow as a tufted epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches, occasionally on mossy banks.

One record at 2300 m; the species probably ranges roughly 1900 to 2700 m.

ColombiaSantander

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.