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Orchids Partly documented

Goodyera erythrodoides

A small terrestrial jewel-orchid relative from the rainforest floor of New Guinea and the southwest Pacific islands. It is known from few records; grow it like other tropical Goodyera, in deep shade, steady warmth and constantly high humidity.

Goodyera erythrodoides
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, 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 Deep shadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Built from the genus: tropical Goodyera creep through leaf litter and moss on the floor of wet primary forest.

The three recorded sites lie at about 600, 900 and 1,455 m in hill and lower montane forest.

New GuineaBismarck ArchipelagoSolomon IslandsVanuatuFiji

🔒 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.