Masdevallia geminiflora

Masdevallia geminiflora is a warm-to-intermediate species of the wet Pacific-slope foothills of Colombia and Ecuador, recorded at 650-1450 m. Unusually for the genus it tolerates warm days near 24-25 C, but it still needs nights in the high teens, 80-plus percent humidity and moving air, with rain in every month of the year.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte in very wet lowland-to-lower-montane rainforest of the Chocó and western Andean foothills, on shaded, moss-covered trunks and branches where it rains most days.

Recorded at 650-1451 m, median 1200 m, from three georeferenced records; this is low for a Masdevallia.

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 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.