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Aerides crispa

A monopodial epiphytic orchid endemic to the Western Ghats of India, carrying pendent sprays of fragrant pale pink to white flowers with a frilled lip around the start of the monsoon. It lives through a hot, bright, almost rainless dry season and a cool-to-warm, saturated monsoon, and does best mounted or in a basket with strong light and a clear dry-season reduction in water.

Aerides crispa
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith., William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) ed., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets 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 on trunks and branches in moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forest along the Western Ghats, often fairly high in the canopy where light is strong once the trees thin out in the dry season.

Few records carry an elevation; the climate sites sit at about 680–1,175 m, which matches the mid-elevation Ghats forests where the species is usually reported.

India

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✓ 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.