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Restrepia nittiorhyncha

A small Colombian Restrepia, a miniature pleurothallid with single leaves on thin stems and striped flowers held on the leaf. Like its relatives it wants cool to intermediate, constantly humid, shady cloud-forest conditions with no dry rest.

Restrepia nittiorhyncha
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Restrepia grow as epiphytes on mossy trunks and branches in Andean cloud forest; nothing species-specific is in our data, so this follows the genus.

No recorded elevations; Colombian Restrepia typically grow at roughly 1,500–2,800 m, so the 174 m lowland climate point does not fit.

Colombia

🔒 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.