Coelogyne lentiginosa

A compact Coelogyne from the hills of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, with greenish-yellow flowers and a lip freckled with brown, as its name says. It flowers in the cool dry season and needs a distinct cool, drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte, sometimes lithophyte, in hill evergreen and mixed forest, on trunks and mossy rocks.

Recorded elevations 550–1050 m (median 750 m, 4 records); one site is placed at about 2560 m on Doi Inthanon, which may be a summit-based locality.

ThailandMyanmarVietnam

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.