Masdevallia hymenantha

Masdevallia hymenantha was described by Reichenbach f. (1855) and is native to Peru; GBIF has three records, one at about 1780 m in the northern Andes near Cajamarca and Amazonas. Its plausible habitat is the 1780 m site, where nights fall to 13 to 15 C, so grow it as an intermediate cloud-forest species rather than following the warm weighted average.

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

Presumably an epiphyte of humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes, on mossy branches in bright shade; no species-specific habitat description was found.

One record lies at about 1780 m in northern Peru; the other site is at 194 m in the Ucayali lowlands, which is improbable for a Masdevallia.

Peru

🔒 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.