Macodes dendrophila

A jewel orchid from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, grown for its veined foliage. Like other Macodes it lives in deep shade on the floor of wet rainforest, and the epithet suggests it grows on mossy bases and logs. It needs low light, constant warmth and very high humidity with no rest.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Deep shadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Macodes grow on the floor of humid rainforest in low light. The name 'dendrophila' (tree-loving) hints at mossy tree bases or fallen logs, but this is not confirmed in the sources reached.

Collection elevations are mostly unrecorded. Climate sites range from 110 m and 350 m (Solomons) to one at about 3,470 m in Papua New Guinea that looks doubtful.

Papua New GuineaSolomon Islands

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.