Angraecum tamarindicola

A little-documented Malagasy Angraecum whose name means 'living on tamarind', suggesting an epiphyte of drier, more open forest than the rainforest species. The single georeferenced record lies at about 885 m in northern Madagascar, where a very wet warm season alternates with a dry, cool-night season. Grow it as an intermediate epiphyte with a clear winter dry spell.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Known from very few collections; the epithet points to tamarind trees as hosts, which in Madagascar grow mainly in seasonally dry forest and riverine woodland. Conditions here are inferred from that and from the one measured site.

The only measured site sits at about 885 m; true elevation range unknown.

Madagascar

🔒 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.