Masdevallia chiquindensis

Masdevallia chiquindensis is an obscure Kraenzlin species of 1925, apparently known only from early collections near Chiquinda on the eastern Andean slope of southern Ecuador. With no measured range or climate, the profile is a genus-level guide: cool to intermediate, humid, shaded and airy, watered the year round.

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

Presumed an epiphyte of wet Andean cloud forest, as for the Masdevallia species collected around Chiquinda; no habitat account was reachable and the plant may not be in cultivation.

No elevation is recorded; the Chiquinda area lies at roughly 2000-3000 m, which would make this a cool grower.

EcuadorMorona Santiago

🔒 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.