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Maxillaria gerardi

A cool-growing Colombian Maxillaria recorded from the Eastern Cordillera in Cundinamarca and Boyacá at about 2400–2500 m. Grow it cool with bright filtered light, cold nights and year-round moisture.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Records come from montane forest of the Eastern Cordillera near Bogotá and in Boyacá. It is presumably epiphytic in humid Andean forest, like most of the genus.

The two climate sites are at about 2380–2475 m; records themselves rarely give elevation.

Colombia

🔒 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.