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Succulents Partly documented

Epiphyllum hookeri

A night-blooming orchid cactus with flat, scalloped stems and fragrant white flowers. It grows on trees in lowland tropical forest from Mexico to Venezuela. It likes warm, humid, bright-shaded conditions with a drier spell to trigger blooming.

Epiphyllum hookeri
Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets 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

Epiphytic on trunks and branches in lowland moist and wet forest, scrambling or hanging, often in the upper canopy or at forest edges.

Recorded at 0–2250 m, median 200 m; mostly lowland.

MexicoBelizeGuatemalaEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaColombiaEcuadorVenezuelaTrinidad and Tobago

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.