Masdevallia crassicaudis

Masdevallia crassicaudis Luer & J.Portilla is an Ecuadorian species described in 1999 from material grown by Ecuagenera, with thick-tailed sepals as the name suggests; there are no georeferenced wild records. Grow it as a cool to intermediate Andean cloud-forest Masdevallia, a little cooler than the placeholder climate in the data.

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 in detail for us. Ecuadorian Masdevallias described from Portilla material are mostly small epiphytes of wet cloud forest on the eastern or western Andean slopes, on mossy trunks and branches.

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

Ecuador

🔒 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.