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Orchids Partly documented

Dendrobium beamanianum

Dendrobium beamanianum is a Bornean orchid described in 1993 in the Orchids of Mount Kinabalu and named after the botanist John Beaman. Most records come from the hill and montane forests of Sabah, so it wants intermediate, constantly humid conditions.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic in hill to lower montane forest; records cluster around Kinabalu and the Crocker Range, with one lowland record from Kalimantan.

Two of three sites are at 1,380–1,600 m; one Kalimantan record is at 76 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.