Masdevallia don-quijote

Masdevallia don-quijote is an intermediate-growing epiphyte of the eastern Andean foothills of southern Ecuador, collected between about 1000 and 1700 m near Bomboiza in Morona-Santiago and at Napintza in Zamora-Chinchipe. It takes warmer conditions than the classic cold Masdevallias but still wants high humidity and cool nights.

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 lower montane forest on the Amazonian slope of the Andes, where cloud and rain are near-daily.

Herbarium records carry 1000 m (Napintza), 1500 m and 1700 m (near Bomboiza); the data file's single site at 1215 m is a fallback point rather than a record.

EcuadorMorona-SantiagoZamora-Chinchipe

🔒 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.