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Masdevallia davisiae

A bright yellow-flowered Masdevallia described by Reichenbach from material collected by Walter Davis for Veitch in the high Andes of Cusco, southern Peru. It grows on mossy rocks and banks at around 3,000–3,300 m in cold, bright, often exposed conditions, and is one of the cold growers of the genus; GBIF holds no usable wild records, so the climate below is built from the reported elevation and regional knowledge.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Cold, high-elevation cloud forest and forest edge in the Cusco Andes, where the species is reported growing on rocks and mossy banks, sometimes in near-full light with heavy dew. It behaves as a lithophyte or terrestrial more than a canopy epiphyte.

Reported from roughly 3,000–3,300 m in the department of Cusco; no georeferenced records are available.

PeruCusco

🔒 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.