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Orchids Partly documented

Bulbophyllum dayanum

A widespread mainland Southeast Asian Bulbophyllum, from Myanmar and Thailand to Indochina and southern China. The only measured site is in the hills of northern Thailand at about 1500 m, with a warm wet season and a cool, dry winter.

Bulbophyllum dayanum
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911), 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of monsoon forest. The sources we could open give no habitat details.

The measured site is at about 1480 m in northern Thailand; the records carry no elevations. Its wide range probably includes much lower sites.

MyanmarThailandCambodiaVietnamChina (south-central)Peninsular Malaysia

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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.