[2] Aganisia cyanea is found in very wet, lowland rain forests in northern South America growing on lower sections of the trunks of large trees.

The plants can be submerged under water during monsoons for several weeks due to flooding in habitat with no apparent harm.

[2][3] The plants grow from a creeping rhizome with inter-spaced pseudobulbs with one apical, usually pleated leaf.

[2][3] In cultivation, they are best accommodated on tree fern or cork bark slabs mounted bare root and given high humidity and abundant water and feeding year round, and moderate shade.

These plants are protected under CITES II and local and regional laws and should not be removed or disturbed in habitat.