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Masdevallia medinae

Masdevallia medinae Luer & J.Portilla is an Ecuadorian species described in 2001 and known from very few collections, with no georeferenced wild records in GBIF. The climate shown comes from a generic point in central Ecuador at about 1,215 m, not from a collection site, so treat it as a typical intermediate-to-cool cloud-forest Masdevallia.

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

Unrecorded beyond the country. Almost all Ecuadorian Masdevallia are small epiphytes of wet, mossy montane and cloud forest in shade or dappled light.

No elevation on record; Ecuadorian Masdevallia mostly grow between about 1,500 and 3,000 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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