Maxillaria imbricata

A small epiphytic Maxillaria named for its closely overlapping leaves, recorded from wet forest between about 500 and 1,400 m across northern South America and eastern Brazil. It is a warm-to-intermediate grower that likes steady humidity, moderate light and a medium that never dries out fully.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Epiphyte of humid premontane forest on the Andean foothills of Ecuador and in Atlantic and Amazonian forest in Brazil. Conditions here are built from the measured sites and what is typical for small Maxillaria of these forests.

Recorded from 500 to 1,395 m, median about 725 m.

BoliviaBrazilColombiaEcuadorGuyanaPeruVenezuela

🔒 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.