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Orchids Partly documented

Dendrobium brevicolle

Dendrobium brevicolle is a Bornean orchid described by J.J. Smith in 1904, recorded from hot, perhumid lowland and hill forest in Sabah and Sarawak. Grow it warm, bright-shaded and humid all year.

Dendrobium brevicolle
Photo: Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867–1947), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Presumed epiphytic in lowland to hill dipterocarp forest; the few records come from northern Borneo. Its microhabitat is not documented.

The measured sites lie at about 45 m and 480 m, so it is a lowland species.

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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.