Maxillaria foetida

A little-documented epiphytic Maxillaria from the eastern Andean slopes of Peru and Colombia, recorded mostly around 1,400–1,700 m. Treat it as an intermediate-temperature cloud-forest epiphyte: bright filtered light, constant moisture and a modest night drop.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Known from only a handful of wild records on wet forested Andean slopes. Like most Maxillaria it presumably grows as an epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches in humid montane forest.

The Peruvian sites sit at roughly 1,380–1,700 m; one Colombian point is near sea level in the Chocó and may be imprecise.

ColombiaPeru

🔒 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.