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Masdevallia curtipes

Masdevallia curtipes (Barbosa Rodrigues, 1881) is one of the handful of Brazilian Masdevallias, from the Atlantic forest of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo. Like its Brazilian relatives it is an intermediate grower that tolerates a drier, cooler winter, but there are no wild GBIF records and cultivation notes are thin.

Masdevallia curtipes
Photo: Alfred Cogniaux (1841 - 1916), 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumed epiphyte of humid Atlantic forest on the hills and serras of southeastern Brazil; the single georeferenced site is at about 580 m near the Minas Gerais-Espirito Santo border.

No recorded elevations; the one climate site is at 580 m, though Brazilian Masdevallias commonly grow higher, to about 1500 m.

Brazil SoutheastMinas GeraisEspirito Santo

🔒 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.