Masdevallia candida
Masdevallia candida is a name applied to the white-flowered Venezuelan species better known as Masdevallia tovarensis; Kew treats Masdevallia candida Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Rchb.f. as its synonym, and the later horticultural name Masdevallia candida Linden refers to the same plant. Under any name it is the classic white Masdevallia of the Colonia Tovar cloud forests, a cool-to-intermediate grower with several long-lasting flowers per stem in late autumn and winter.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte of wet cloud forest in the Cordillera de la Costa around Colonia Tovar in Aragua, at roughly 1500 to 2200 m, growing in moss on trunks and branches in filtered light. Conditions below are built from what is known of Masdevallia tovarensis, since there are no wild records under this name.
No measured elevations; the species as Masdevallia tovarensis is reported from about 1500 to 2200 m in the coastal cordillera of Venezuela.
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