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Coelogyne pulchella

A little-documented Coelogyne from Myanmar and south-central China, with no wild records carrying coordinates. Treat it like other monsoon-region Coelogyne: warm and wet in summer, cooler and drier in winter, in bright filtered light.

Coelogyne pulchella
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No species-specific habitat notes were found. Coelogyne of this region usually grow on mossy trunks or rocks in seasonal evergreen or broadleaf forest, which is the assumption here.

No recorded elevations; the climate comes from region centres at about 460 and 1,010 m, so the true elevation is unknown.

MyanmarChina South-Central

🔒 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.