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Masdevallia cuprea

Masdevallia cuprea (Lindley, 1843) is one of the few genuinely warm-growing Masdevallias, an epiphyte of humid lowland forest on the Guiana Shield and the Amazon basin, with coppery-orange flowers. It takes ordinary room temperatures happily as long as humidity stays high and the roots never dry.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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 in wet lowland and lower montane rainforest of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, northern Brazil and the Amazonian slopes of Ecuador and Peru.

Sixteen records with elevations span 125-1500 m, median 650 m; most are French Guianan hill forest.

French GuianaSurinameGuyanaVenezuelaBrazil NorthEcuadorPeru

🔒 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.