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Maxillaria concavilabia

Maxillaria concavilabia, described by Ames and Correll in 1943, is known mainly from the cloud forests of the Costa Rican and western Panamanian Talamanca highlands, around 2,000 m. Little is published on it, so most of the profile comes from the measured sites.

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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

Montane cloud forest in the Talamanca and Central Volcanic ranges, probably growing as an epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches like most of its relatives.

Recorded at 500-2,600 m, median 1,975 m (30 records); most records are in Costa Rican montane forest above 1,700 m.

Costa RicaFrench GuianaVenezuela

🔒 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.