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Coelogyne nitida

Coelogyne nitida is a compact Himalayan epiphyte with glossy pseudobulbs and spring sprays of white flowers marked yellow-orange on the lip. It comes from monsoon montane forest with a wet, mild summer and a cool, nearly rainless winter, and it flowers best when that dry winter rest is copied.

Coelogyne nitida
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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 on trunks and branches, occasionally on mossy rocks, in subtropical to lower montane broadleaf and oak forest of the eastern Himalaya and adjacent ranges.

Recorded at 885-2,591 m, median about 1,830 m; most records are from Nepal, Sikkim/Darjeeling and Bhutan.

NepalEast HimalayaAssamBangladeshMyanmarChina South-CentralLaosVietnam

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.