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Masdevallia fonsecae

Masdevallia fonsecae is a Costa Rican species named by Königer in 1994; Kew also lists it for Panama. There are no georeferenced wild records, and the herbarium material is old cultivated material traced to a Costa Rican collection, so its conditions are inferred from Costa Rican montane Masdevallia in general.

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

Presumed epiphyte of humid montane forest in the Costa Rican and Panamanian cordilleras, as for most Masdevallia of the region.

No recorded elevations; Costa Rican Masdevallia mostly grow between about 1200 and 2800 m, well above the 45 m and 540 m proxy sites.

Costa RicaPanama

🔒 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.