Masdevallia mutica

Masdevallia mutica is a cool-growing cloud-forest epiphyte of Colombia's Cordillera Occidental, recorded around 2,000–2,300 m in Risaralda, Chocó and Valle del Cauca. The measured climate is cool, wet and nearly constant, so it wants steady cool nights and never drying out.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on mossy trunks and branches in wet montane cloud forest on the western cordillera, including Tatamá National Park and Cerro Montezuma.

Specimens with elevations come from 2,000–2,280 m.

ColombiaRisaraldaChocóValle del CaucaCaldasAntioquiaHuila

🔒 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.