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Masdevallia ingridiana

Masdevallia ingridiana was described by Luer and Portilla in 2000 from Ecuador and is known almost only from its description; GBIF holds no wild records. Grow it like other Ecuadorian cloud-forest Masdevallia: intermediate to cool, shaded and constantly humid.

Masdevallia ingridiana
Photo: trixty, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumed epiphyte of humid montane forest in Ecuador, as for most of the genus; no habitat data were found for this species.

Not recorded in the sources reached; Ecuadorian Masdevallia mostly grow between about 1200 and 3000 m.

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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.