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Masdevallia cranion

Masdevallia cranion Luer is a Peruvian species described in 1989 from the eastern Andean slopes and rarely seen in collections; there are no georeferenced wild records. Grow it as a cool to intermediate cloud-forest Masdevallia, ignoring the hot lowland placeholder climate in the data.

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

Not documented in detail for us. Luer's Peruvian Masdevallias of this period are mostly small epiphytes of wet montane cloud forest on the eastern slopes, on mossy trunks and branches.

Unknown; presumed cloud forest at roughly 1800 to 2800 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.