Masdevallia collina

Masdevallia collina is a small Panamanian species described by L.O. Williams in 1942 and collected repeatedly in the hills north of El Valle de Antón, Coclé, at 900 to 1,000 m. It is a warm-intermediate cloud-forest epiphyte from a wet, even climate with a short dry season, and it does well in a humid enclosure without cold nights.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-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

Wet lower-montane cloud forest on the ridges around El Valle de Antón, where trade-wind cloud keeps trunks and branches moss-covered for most of the year. Grows as an epiphyte in the shaded, humid layer of the forest.

Recorded at 900 to 1,000 m; the climate site was adjusted to 1,000 m.

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🔒 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.