Species · genus Zygopetalum · Orchidaceae
Zygopetalum maculatum
Zygopetalum maculatum (Kunth) Garay
Cultivars of Z. maculatum
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under Z. maculatum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Zygopetalum maculatum is an orchid, and like most cultivated orchids it grows in a fast-draining bark-based mix that must never stay soggy. Water when the mix has approached dryness and the medium feels light, roughly every 5 to 9 days, then let it drain fully. It prefers bright indirect light and steady household humidity with some air movement.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-9d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
Bright, indirect
≈ every 9 days
Medium
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This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-9d)
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