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Coelogyne radioferens

A Bornean endemic notable in its genus for cinnamon-coloured flowers, recorded mostly from the Mount Kinabalu area in Sabah. It is a montane plant: grow it cool to intermediate, humid and without a dry season.

Coelogyne radioferens
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 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

Most records cluster on the slopes of Kinabalu and the Crocker Range, in lower to upper montane forest, with a few in central Borneo. Related montane Coelogyne grow on mossy trunks or rocks in humid, filtered light.

Site elevations used for climate run from about 1,200 to 1,900 m, plus a record placed at about 3,100 m; most plants are probably between 1,200 and 2,500 m.

Borneo

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.