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Coelogyne imbricata

Better known as Pholidota imbricata, the rattlesnake orchid: a widespread, easy, clump-forming epiphyte or lithophyte with long chains of small cream flowers. It grows warm and humid in bright filtered light from India to the Pacific.

Coelogyne imbricata
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A clump-forming epiphyte or lithophyte of rainforest and monsoon forest, on trees and rocks in bright, humid spots.

Recorded from near sea level to about 1830 m, median 350 m.

IndiaChinaThailandVietnamMalaysiaIndonesiaPhilippinesPapua New GuineaQueenslandNew CaledoniaVanuatuFiji

🔒 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.