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Masdevallia cosmia

Masdevallia cosmia Koniger is a small Peruvian species described in 1999 and known from little more than its description; there are no georeferenced wild records. Grow it as a cool to intermediate Andean cloud-forest Masdevallia, not as the hot lowland plant the placeholder climate suggests.

Masdevallia cosmia
Photo: own, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Not documented for us. Peruvian Masdevallias of this type are small tufted epiphytes of wet montane cloud forest on the eastern Andean slopes.

Unknown; presumed cloud forest at roughly 1500 to 2500 m.

Peru

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.