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Masdevallia fractiflexa

A small Masdevallia endemic to south-eastern Ecuador, flowering in winter with a single flower about 2.5 cm across. Like most of its genus it wants cool, humid, buoyant air and roots that never dry out. Records are few, so conditions draw on the measured sites at 1500–1700 m and on how cloud-forest masdevallias are grown.

Masdevallia fractiflexa
Photo: CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Assumed to grow as an epiphyte in the humid montane forest of south-eastern Ecuador, as most masdevallias of this region do.

The two recorded sites are at about 1500 and 1700 m.

Ecuador

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.