Masdevallia dryada

Masdevallia dryada is a cool-to-intermediate epiphyte of the northern Cordillera Central of Colombia, collected in forest remnants between Yarumal and El Cedro in Antioquia at about 1850 m. It wants mild days, nights around 12-14 C, high humidity and constant air movement; the lowland climate in the data is a fallback and wrong for it.

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 remnant montane cloud forest along roads in northern Antioquia, on mossy trees in humid, cloudy terrain.

All three records are from 1850 m between Yarumal and El Cedro; the 174 m site in the data is a country fallback, not a collection.

ColombiaAntioquia

🔒 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.