Masdevallia chaucana

Masdevallia chaucana is a little-known Ecuadorian species described by Luer and Hirtz in 2005 and known from very few collections. Nothing beyond the country is measured, so treat it as a typical Andean cloud-forest Masdevallia: cool, humid, airy and shaded, with water in every month.

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

Presumed an epiphyte of wet Andean cloud forest, as for nearly all Ecuadorian Masdevallia described from Hirtz collections; no habitat account was reachable.

No elevation is recorded; the climate site is a stand-in at about 1200 m chosen from the country outline, not from a collection.

Ecuador

🔒 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.