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Coelogyne appendiculata

A Sumatran orchid formerly known as Dendrochilum appendiculatum, from cool, permanently wet mountain forest. Grow it like a cool-intermediate Dendrochilum: moist all year, humid, bright shade and cool nights.

Coelogyne appendiculata
Photo: Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867–1947), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded from the mountains of western Sumatra. Little is published on it; related Dendrochilum grow as epiphytes on mossy trunks and branches in montane forest, which is assumed here.

Collection sites sit at about 1,200 m and 2,600 m.

Sumatra

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.