Masdevallia dudleyi

Masdevallia dudleyi is a little-known cold-growing Masdevallia of the high Andes of southern Peru, with its single wild record at about 3160 m on the Apurimac-Cusco border. Expect it to want cool days, cold nights and high humidity with a drier, brighter winter; almost nothing beyond the original description is published, so the profile leans on the measured climate and the genus.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumably an epiphyte or mossy-rock plant of high montane cloud forest and scrub at the treeline of the southern Peruvian Andes, where mist and cold nights rule; the exact microhabitat is not recorded.

The one georeferenced record sits at about 3160 m; Peruvian Masdevallia of this kind usually range roughly 2500-3400 m.

PeruApurimacCusco

🔒 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.