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Lycaste brevispatha

A small deciduous Lycaste from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama with pale green and pinkish flowers that open on the bare pseudobulbs after the leaves drop. It grows fast through the wet season and needs a cooler, much drier rest in the dry months, as for the other deciduous Lycaste.

Lycaste brevispatha
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte or occasional lithophyte in seasonally dry to moist forest on the Pacific and central slopes, in bright, broken shade. This is inferred from the genus and the recorded elevations rather than from a detailed account.

Recorded at 500 to 1554 m, median 700 m.

Costa RicaPanamaNicaragua

🔒 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 CC0 licence, unmodified.