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Orchids Partly documented

Coelogyne xyrekes

A little-known epiphytic Coelogyne from the hill and montane forests of the Malay Peninsula and northern Sumatra. Grow it as an intermediate orchid: humid, evenly moist and in bright shade, with no dry rest.

Coelogyne xyrekes
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 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

No species-specific habitat account was found. The records come from forested hills and mountains in northern Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia, where Coelogyne of this kind grow as epiphytes on mossy trunks and branches in humid forest.

Recorded sites range from about 560 to 1,580 m, plus one point near sea level that is probably a coarse locality.

MalayaSumateraThailand

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.