Masdevallia collantesii

Masdevallia collantesii was described by Bennett and Christenson in 1998 from Peru; the one public herbarium record comes from Cajamarca at 1,450 m. Grow it as an intermediate cloud-forest Masdevallia. The climate grid in the data was placed at a lowland site and is far hotter than the plant's real home, so the targets below are corrected for elevation.

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

Nothing is published on its habitat beyond the specimen data: wet montane forest in Cajamarca, northern Peru, at about 1,450 m. Relatives from that region grow as epiphytes in moss on trunks and branches in cloud forest.

One record at 1,450 m. The climate site in the data sits at 273 m and does not represent the species.

PeruCajamarca

🔒 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.