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Coelogyne suaveolens

A fragrant, cream-flowered Coelogyne from the forests of northeastern India and Bangladesh to Yunnan and Indochina. Grow it intermediate-warm, bright and humid through the monsoon summer, then cooler and drier in winter to set flower spikes.

Coelogyne suaveolens
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 Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trunks and branches, sometimes on mossy rocks, in evergreen and semi-deciduous monsoon forest, in bright filtered light.

No wild elevations recorded; the only climate site is at about 650 m in southern Yunnan, and related Coelogyne in this region grow at roughly 500–1500 m.

AssamBangladeshEast HimalayaChina South-CentralMyanmarThailandLaosVietnam

🔒 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.