Maxillaria alba

A widespread, easy-going epiphytic Maxillaria of warm, wet lowland and foothill forest from southern Mexico and the Caribbean to Bolivia and Brazil, bearing small white flowers from the bases of its pseudobulbs. It grows warm to intermediate, wants steady moisture year round and bright shade.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid lowland and premontane rainforest, gallery forest and forest edges; the measured sites are wet tropical lowlands with rain every month.

Recorded from sea level to about 2,100 m, median about 485 m, so it is mainly a warm lowland and foothill plant.

Mexico SoutheastBelizeGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamáCubaJamaicaTrinidad-TobagoColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaEcuador

🔒 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.