Masdevallia josei

Masdevallia josei is an obscure Ecuadorn species described by Luer in 1996 (Harvard Papers in Botany 1(9)), known from little more than its original description. Like its many small Ecuadorian relatives it should be grown intermediate, shaded and humid with steady airflow.

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 Andean montane or cloud forest, on mossy trunks and branches in bright shade, like most of the genus; no habitat data specific to this species were found.

No elevation is recorded; the climate site is a single fallback point at 1215 m on the Amazonian slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. Most Ecuadorian Masdevallia species grow between about 1200 and 2800 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.