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Masdevallia mascarata

Masdevallia mascarata is a Bolivian species described by Luer and Vásquez in 1992, with no georeferenced wild records. It is treated as a cool-to-intermediate Yungas cloud-forest epiphyte like most Bolivian Masdevallia; the lowland Santa Cruz proxy in the data does not apply.

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

Presumed epiphyte of humid montane Yungas forest in Bolivia, in moss on branches under bright shade.

No recorded elevations; Bolivian Masdevallia mostly grow between about 1500 and 3000 m. The proxy at 200 m is not representative.

Bolivia

🔒 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.