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Masdevallia pescadoensis

Masdevallia pescadoensis Luer & R.Escobar is a Colombian species known in GBIF from a single record in Antioquia at about 1100 m. That site is warm for the genus; grow it intermediate to warm-intermediate with high humidity and moisture year-round.

Masdevallia pescadoensis
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

One record on the slopes of the Magdalena valley side of Antioquia; by genus pattern a small epiphyte of wet montane forest.

Unrecorded; the climate site sits at about 1080 m.

Colombia

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.