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Masdevallia chasei

Masdevallia chasei is a Costa Rican cloud-forest epiphyte, recorded almost entirely from the Cordillera de Tilaran around Monteverde at 1000-1750 m. It is a cool to intermediate grower that wants humid, moving air, dappled light and a steady night drop to 12-15 C, with water in every month.

Masdevallia chasei
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Epiphyte on mossy branches and trunks in wet montane and cloud forest on the Pacific-Caribbean divide of the Tilaran range, where trade-wind cloud keeps the forest dripping for much of the year. Habitat details are from the genus and the localities rather than a species account.

41 records give 1025-1750 m with a median of 1550 m; one lowland record at 63 m is almost certainly a mislabelled collection.

Costa RicaAlajuelaPuntarenasMonteverde

🔒 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.