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Coelogyne alboaurantia

A Coelogyne described in 2010 from northern Thailand and known from a single wild record near Chiang Mai. Grow it like other northern Thai montane Coelogyne: intermediate to cool, bright, wet in summer and drier and cool in winter.

Coelogyne alboaurantia
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, 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

The only record is from about 1,580 m on the Doi Suthep massif, in montane evergreen forest where Coelogyne grow as epiphytes or on mossy rocks. This is inferred from the genus.

It is known from about 1,580 m; the climate is adjusted from a grid cell at 760 m.

Thailand

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.