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Orchids Partly documented

Coelogyne buennemeyeri

A Sumatran Coelogyne from the high, constantly wet mountains of West Sumatra. It needs cool, very humid, evenly moist conditions year round, a cool-growing orchid that will not take hot summers.

Coelogyne buennemeyeri
Photo: Johannes Jacobus Smith, 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

Epiphyte of montane cloud forest in the Barisan range of West Sumatra, inferred from the record site and genus habit.

The record site is at about 1790 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.