Masdevallia calosiphon

Masdevallia calosiphon Luer is a small Peruvian cloud-forest species named for its long, neat sepaline tube. The only wild records sit at about 2260 m near Oxapampa in Pasco, which makes it a cool-to-intermediate grower with mild days and nights in the low teens all year.

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

A miniature epiphyte of wet montane cloud forest on the eastern Andean slope, in moss on shaded trunks and branches. Habitat detail beyond the type region is thin; conditions here are built from the measured site and what is typical for the genus at this elevation.

All three wild records are at 2260 m; the climate grid cell sits at 2575 m and was adjusted to the plant's elevation.

Peru

🔒 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.