Prosthechea citrina

A pendent epiphyte of the pine-oak forests of western and southern Mexico, carrying waxy lemon-yellow, fragrant flowers that hang below its grey-green pseudobulbs. It wants bright light, cool nights, a wet summer and a firmly dry, cool winter, and it grows best mounted upside down so water drains off the new growths.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows hanging from the branches of oaks in seasonally dry montane pine-oak forest, where it gets strong filtered light, daily air movement and frequent dew or mist in the wet season.

Recorded from about 680 to 2,660 m, most records near 2,100 m in the Sierra Madre highlands.

Mexico NortheastMexico Southwest

🔒 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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