Masdevallia caesia

Masdevallia caesia is a large, pendent Colombian cloud-forest species: long hanging leaves and big yellow-brown, long-tailed flowers that smell unpleasant. Records from Valle del Cauca, Caldas and Antioquia sit at 2100-2500 m, where days are 18-20 C and nights 11-12 C all year; it must be grown hanging, cool and very humid.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte, sometimes on mossy cliffs, in wet cloud forest of the Cordillera Central and Occidental; the plant hangs downward with pendent leaves and flowers, so it is found on trunks, steep banks and overhangs.

Four recorded sites between about 2090 and 2470 m in Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Caldas.

ColombiaValle del CaucaAntioquiaCaldas

🔒 Growing it like that

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✓ 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.