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Masdevallia dorisiae

Masdevallia dorisiae is a cold-growing epiphyte known from the Loja-Zamora road in southern Ecuador at about 2700 m. It needs cool days, nights near 7-8 C, high humidity and steady airflow; treat it like the other high-elevation Masdevallias of the Cordillera del Condor region.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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, mossy upper montane cloud forest on the pass between Loja and Zamora, a notoriously cloudy and rain-soaked area.

The single wild record is from the Loja-Zamora road at 2700 m in Zamora-Chinchipe.

EcuadorZamora-ChinchipeLoja

🔒 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.