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Masdevallia ionocharis

A cool-growing Andean Masdevallia from Peru and Bolivia, first found at about 2,700 m in the Sandia valley (Carabaya, Peru). It is a medium-sized epiphyte with paddle-shaped leaves and single flowers about 2.5 cm across, white with violet tips, held at or just above the leaves. Like most high-elevation masdevallias it needs cool nights, constant moisture and humid, moving air.

Masdevallia ionocharis
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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

An epiphyte in cool, wet montane cloud forest on the eastern Andean slopes, on mossy trunks and branches under a broken canopy.

The type was collected at about 2,700 m (9,000 ft) in the Sandia valley, Carabaya Province, Peru.

PeruBolivia

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.