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Coelogyne hirtella

A Bornean Coelogyne of submontane to montane forest, recorded mainly between about 800 and 1,500 m in Sabah, Sarawak and Kalimantan. It wants intermediate, constantly humid conditions with steady rain and no dry rest.

Coelogyne hirtella
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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

Recorded in hill and montane forest, including the Crocker Range and Kinabalu area. Like most Coelogyne, it is presumably an epiphyte on mossy branches; details are inferred from the genus.

Measured sites lie between about 800 and 1,520 m.

BorneoSabahSarawakKalimantan

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.