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Coelogyne exalata

A Bornean Coelogyne of hill and lower montane forest, recorded across Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan. The measured sites are cool, constantly wet and very humid, so it suits an intermediate-cool, always-moist regime with no dry rest.

Coelogyne exalata
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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

Epiphytic in humid hill and montane forest; site elevations of roughly 500 to 2000 m suggest mossy lower montane forest. Generalised from related Bornean Coelogyne.

Records lack elevations; climate sites range about 500 to 2050 m, mostly around 900 to 1000 m.

SabahSarawakBruneiKalimantan

🔒 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-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.