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Coelogyne planiscapa

A Bornean Coelogyne of hill and lower montane forest, recorded mostly in Sabah and Sarawak at roughly 900-1,400 m. It wants intermediate, very humid conditions with steady rain all year, and no dry rest.

Coelogyne planiscapa
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, 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

An epiphyte in wet hill and lower montane forest, where the air is cool, cloudy and wet; habitat detail is generalised from Bornean montane Coelogyne.

Records carry few elevations, but the climate sites sit at about 900-1,400 m.

Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan)

🔒 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.