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Orchids Partly documented

Maxillaria callichroma

An Andean Maxillaria from Colombia and Venezuela, recorded at about 1,900 m in the Colombian Central Cordillera. Grow it as an intermediate-cool cloud-forest epiphyte: mild days, cool nights, moist roots and plenty of air movement all year.

Maxillaria callichroma
Photo: Bruyne, C. de; Bungeroth, E.; Cogniaux, Alfred; Goossens, Alphonse; Leeuw, S. de; Linden, Jean Jules; Linden, Lucien; Linden, Lucien; Panneel, E.; Pannemaeker, P. de; Putzys, G.; Rodigas, Emile; Rolfe, R. A.; Severeyns, G.; Tollenaere, P. de; Triest, C.; Vanderhaeghen, Eug., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Assumed from the genus and the site: an epiphyte in humid montane forest, on mossy trunks and branches in broken light.

The single record is at about 1,865 m; the full elevation range is not documented.

ColombiaVenezuela

🔒 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.