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Masdevallia caudivolvula

Masdevallia caudivolvula Kraenzl. is a cold-growing Colombian species of the high Andes around Medellín and Bogotá, named for its long, spirally twisted sepal tails. Records centre on 2500 m in cloud forest that stays wet, cool and near saturated all year, so it needs a genuinely cold, humid, well-ventilated setup.

Masdevallia caudivolvula
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

Upper montane cloud forest and forest edges in Antioquia, Caldas and Cundinamarca, growing as a small tufted epiphyte, sometimes on mossy rock, in constantly misty air.

Median 2480 m from seven georeferenced records, most between about 2400 and 3050 m; a 0 m record is a data error.

ColombiaAntioquiaCaldasCundinamarca

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.