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Masdevallia melanopus

Masdevallia melanopus Rchb.f. is a long-known Andean species with small white, purple-spotted flowers with yellow tails, carried several to a stem. It is a cool cloud-forest plant in cultivation; the warm measured climate here comes from generic country points, not from collection sites, and should be ignored.

Masdevallia melanopus
Photo: Florence H. Woolward (illustrator); B.S. Marquess of Lothian (editors), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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

An epiphyte of wet montane cloud forest on the Andes, growing on mossy branches in shade to dappled light; no locality detail is in the data.

No elevation on record in the data; grown as a montane cloud-forest species, roughly the 1,500–3,000 m band typical of the genus.

EcuadorPeru

🔒 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.