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Coelogyne mayeriana

A warm-growing 'green' Coelogyne related to C. pandurata, with chains of large green flowers marked with a black-veined lip. It comes from humid lowland forest of western Malesia and needs heat, humidity and constant moisture.

Coelogyne mayeriana
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of lowland forest, often in swampy or riverine sites, from near sea level to a few hundred metres. The plant grows rambling rhizomes with widely spaced pseudobulbs.

Records lie from near sea level to about 250 m. One Penang record is assigned 746 m, which may be a georeferencing artifact.

BorneoJavaPeninsular MalaysiaSumatra

🔒 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.