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Macodes pulcherrima

A jewel orchid from New Guinea, grown for its dark leaves netted with shining veins rather than for its small flowers. Like other Macodes it lives on the floor of hot, wet rainforest and needs low light, constant warmth and near-saturated air.

Macodes pulcherrima
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Terrestrial in leaf litter on the floor of humid lowland and hill rainforest, in deep shade.

No elevations are recorded for this species.

New Guinea

🔒 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.