Masdevallia exilipes

Masdevallia exilipes was described by Schlechter in 1920 from Colombia and has essentially not been recorded since; there are no georeferenced wild records. Grow it as a typical Colombian cloud-forest Masdevallia, cool to intermediate, humid and shaded, and treat everything here as a genus-level estimate.

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

No habitat information has been published beyond the original description. Colombian Masdevallias grow as small epiphytes in wet montane cloud forest of the three cordilleras, in shade and constant humidity.

Unknown; assumed montane cloud forest, roughly 1500 to 2500 m. The single climate site in the data sits at 174 m near Villavicencio and is not a real locality.

Colombia

🔒 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.