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Miltonia regnellii

A Brazilian Atlantic Forest Miltonia with white to pale pink petals and a broad pink-lilac lip, on flattened pseudobulbs spaced along a creeping rhizome. It is intermediate in temperature, with cooler winter nights, and needs moisture and airflow all year.

Miltonia regnellii
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) ed., 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

Epiphytic on trunks and branches in humid Atlantic Forest, often in fairly bright parts of the canopy.

Recorded from sea level to 904 m, median 444 m.

Brazil

🔒 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.