Masdevallia eumeliae

Masdevallia eumeliae is a Peruvian species described by Luer in 1993 from the Oxapampa area of Pasco, where the wild records sit at about 2100 m. It wants cool, humid cloud-forest conditions with a strong night drop, and is rarely seen in cultivation.

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

Cloud forest on the eastern Andean slope of central Peru around Oxapampa, at about 2100 m; a small epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches in shaded, constantly humid forest.

Recorded around 2100 m from the collecting sites; the two records carry no elevation of their own.

PeruPasco

🔒 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.