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Masdevallia helgae

Masdevallia helgae (Königer & J.Portilla, 1997) is an Ecuadorian species described from material handled by the Portilla family, with no georeferenced wild records. Treat it as a typical eastern-slope cloud-forest Masdevallia: an intermediate grower in constantly wet, humid, shaded and airy conditions.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Presumed epiphytic in wet montane cloud forest on the Amazon-facing slope of the Ecuadorian Andes, on mossy trunks in shade. Nothing specific to this species is published beyond its description.

No recorded elevation; the placeholder climate site is at about 1,200 m, and the species probably grows somewhere in the 1,000–2,200 m band.

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.