Masdevallia chimboensis

Masdevallia chimboensis is an old Kraenzlin name from 1925 for a plant of the Chimbo valley on the western Andean slope of Ecuador, and it remains poorly known. Grow it as a cool to intermediate cloud-forest Masdevallia: shaded, humid, airy, with cool nights and no dry rest.

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 montane forest on the western Andean slope in Bolivar province, the Chimbo drainage between the Guayas lowlands and the high Andes; inferred from the name and the genus rather than a published account.

No elevation is recorded; the Chimbo valley spans roughly 300-2500 m and the climate site is a stand-in at about 1200 m on the opposite, eastern side of the Andes.

EcuadorBolívar

🔒 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.