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Masdevallia corniculata

Masdevallia corniculata Rchb.f. is a large-flowered Colombian species, long in cultivation, with a big yellow-and-maroon spotted flower on a short stem held among the leaves. It comes from cool cloud forest in the Eastern Cordillera around Santander and needs cool nights and steady moisture; the warm placeholder climate in the data does not describe its habitat.

Masdevallia corniculata
Photo: Florence H. Woolward (illustrator); B.S. Marquess of Lothian (editors), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte of wet montane cloud forest on mossy trunks and lower branches in shade, at roughly 1800 to 2800 m in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia.

No elevations on the GBIF records; the species is generally reported from about 1800 to 2800 m.

ColombiaSantanderBoyacaEcuador

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.