Maxillaria buchtienii

A little-documented Bolivian Maxillaria, named after the collector Otto Buchtien, who worked mainly in the humid Andean valleys (Yungas) of La Paz. With no wild records to place it, the safest approach is the one used for most Andean Maxillaria: an intermediate-to-cool, humid, bright-shade epiphyte.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

No georeferenced wild records exist. By genus and collector it is most likely an epiphyte of humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes of Bolivia, but this is an inference.

Unknown; Andean Bolivian Maxillaria typically grow around 1,000–2,500 m. The measured climate point is at 200 m and is not a real locality.

Bolivia

🔒 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.