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Masdevallia deniseana

Masdevallia deniseana was described in 2001 from plants collected between Paute and Méndez in Morona-Santiago, on the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes at about 2000 m. Almost nothing is published on it beyond the description; grow it as a cool-to-intermediate cloud-forest Masdevallia.

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

Epiphyte in wet eastern-slope montane forest; the type locality near Amaluza lies in the cloud belt above the Paute valley.

Type collection at about 2000 m; the climate site used sits lower, at about 1215 m.

EcuadorMorona-Santiago

🔒 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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