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Masdevallia fuchsii

Masdevallia fuchsii is a Peruvian species described by Luer in 1978, known from specimens in Huánuco around 2000 m, including one from the Tingo María-Pucallpa road. It is an intermediate cloud-forest epiphyte; the lowland climate proxy in the data does not describe its habitat.

Masdevallia fuchsii
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

Epiphyte of humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope of central Peru, on mossy branches in shade.

One specimen is labelled 2000 m in Huánuco; the proxy climate site is at 273 m.

Peru

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✓ 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.