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Masdevallia pinocchio

Masdevallia pinocchio is an Ecuadorian species described by Luer and Andreetta in 1978, with a single wild record in Napo on the eastern Andean slope at about 1500 m. That point gives intermediate, very humid conditions with days of 21 to 24 C and nights of 14 to 16 C.

Masdevallia pinocchio
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 Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumed a small epiphyte of wet montane forest on the Amazonian slope of the Ecuadorian Andes; no species-specific habitat notes were reachable.

The single record sits at about 1500 m in Napo.

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🔒 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.