Restrepia elegans

A small epiphytic Restrepia from the montane forests of Colombia and northwestern Venezuela, with single leaves on wiry stems and striped, insect-like flowers that appear on and off through the year. Grow it like other Restrepias: cool to intermediate, shaded, constantly humid and never dry.

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 mossy trunks and branches in humid montane and cloud forest. Habitat details here come from the genus, since species-specific notes were not found.

Six dated records span 900 to 2,550 m, median about 1,000 m; the genus is mainly a mid-elevation cloud-forest group.

ColombiaVenezuela

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.