Coelogyne tomentosa

A Malesian montane Coelogyne, sometimes called a necklace orchid for its long, hanging chains of flowers. Grow it intermediate to cool, humid and moist all year, in a basket or wide pan so the inflorescences can hang.

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

Montane forest of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java, where it grows as an epiphyte or lithophyte in humid, often misty forest. The habitat details are generalised from the genus and the two dated records.

The two climate sites are at about 1600 m and 2100 m. Few records carry an elevation.

ThailandPeninsular MalaysiaSumatraJava

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.