Masdevallia kuhniorum

Masdevallia kuhniorum is a little-documented species described by Luer in 1978 and listed by Kew for Colombia and Peru. Nothing specific to its habitat was found, so grow it as an intermediate Andean cloud-forest Masdevallia: shaded, humid, airy and never dry.

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 forest on mossy trunks and branches, like most of the genus; no habitat notes for this species were found.

The single GBIF record sits at 194 m in the Ucayali lowlands of Peru, far below where Masdevallia normally grows (mostly 1500 to 3000 m); its elevation and placement are doubtful.

ColombiaPeru

🔒 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.