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Miltonia cyrtochiloides

A natural hybrid between Miltonia flavescens and Miltonia spectabilis from southeastern Brazil, described in 1877. Grow it like its parents: an intermediate epiphyte with bright filtered light, steady moisture and good airflow.

Miltonia cyrtochiloides
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 Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Brazilian Miltonia are epiphytes in Atlantic Forest, from shaded forest to more open, breezy sites, never in full sun.

No recorded elevation; the genus grows mostly between 200 and 1,500 m, mainly around 600 to 900 m.

Brazil Southeast

🔒 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.