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Orchids Partly documented

Bulbophyllum gymnopus

An epiphytic Bulbophyllum of the eastern Himalaya and hills south into Indochina: Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Mizoram, Bangladesh, Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It lives with a warm, very wet monsoon summer and a cool, dry winter, and does best when that rhythm is copied.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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

One Mizoram label reads 'epiphyte on forest tree' at 914 m. It is assumed to grow in evergreen and monsoon hill forest.

Labelled records fall mostly between about 550 and 1850 m.

IndiaBhutanBangladeshChinaMyanmarLaosThailandVietnam

🔒 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.