Masdevallia estradae

Masdevallia estradae Rchb.f. is a widespread Colombian cloud-forest species, recorded from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Cauca at roughly 2200 to 2500 m, and one of the more often cultivated members of the genus. Its bicoloured white and purple flowers with long tails appear on a compact plant that grows cool to intermediate, humid and evenly moist.

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

A tufted epiphyte, sometimes on mossy rocks, in wet montane cloud forest across three Colombian cordilleras and the Santa Marta massif.

Records with elevation lie at 2210 to 2450 m; climate sites span 790 to 2980 m, but the two at 2200 to 2450 m carry most of the weight.

ColombiaMagdalenaAntioquiaCundinamarcaCauca

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.