Coelogyne viscosa

A grass-leaved Coelogyne ranging from the eastern Himalaya and Assam through Yunnan to Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It follows the monsoon: warm and wet in summer, cool and dry in winter, in fairly bright light.

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

Grows on trees and rocks in seasonal broadleaf forest of hills and mountains; habitat detail here is inferred from its range and related monsoon Coelogyne.

Climate sites sit from about 630 to 1,970 m; most records seem to be in the 600 to 1,500 m hill zone.

East HimalayaAssamBangladeshMyanmarChina South-CentralThailandLaosVietnamMalaya

🔒 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.