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Orchids Partly documented

Encyclia alboxanthina

Grow it bright and warm with a firm winter dry rest, as for other campo rupestre and caatinga Encyclia.

Encyclia alboxanthina
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Almost nothing is published on its habitat. The record cluster sits in the Chapada Diamantina, where Encyclia usually grow on shrubs, small trees or rocks in open campo rupestre and dry forest edges, so this profile generalises from the genus.

The median recorded elevation is 910 m, and most records fall between about 500 and 1300 m. The 4253 m maximum is impossible in Bahia and must be a data error.

Brazil Northeast

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.