Masdevallia ignea

A high-Andean Masdevallia from Colombia's Eastern Cordillera, known for its flame-red to orange flowers. It grows between about 2,550 and 3,700 m, so it needs cool days, cold nights and constantly humid, moving air all year.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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

Little is published on its wild habitat. Like other high-elevation Masdevallia it grows in cool, wet upper montane forest and forest edges, on mossy branches or among moss and litter on banks. Conditions here are inferred from the genus and the measured climate.

Recorded at 2,550–3,675 m (median 3,230 m); the Colombian flora lists 2,900–3,700 m. This is a true cold grower.

Colombia (Eastern Cordillera)

🔒 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.