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Maxillaria virguncula

A small epiphytic Maxillaria spread from Costa Rica through the northern Andes to Bolivia and the Guianas, mostly in premontane and montane forest around 1,500 m. It is an intermediate grower that wants filtered light, steady humidity and moist roots all year.

Maxillaria virguncula
Photo: Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, 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

An epiphyte on trunks and branches of humid premontane to montane forest, under a broken canopy.

Recorded at about 450–2,810 m, median about 1,500 m, mostly on the Andean slopes.

EcuadorColombiaCosta RicaPeruVenezuelaBoliviaPanamáBrazil NorthFrench GuianaSuriname

🔒 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.