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Goodyera pendula

A small jewel orchid that, unusually for Goodyera, hangs from moss on tree trunks and rocks in humid montane forest in Japan, Taiwan and southern China. Grow it cool to intermediate, shaded and constantly moist, on a mossy mount or in live sphagnum.

Goodyera pendula
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic or lithophytic among moss on trunks and rocks in humid, shady forest; the pendent habit gives it its name.

Records are from about 400–1,000 m in Japan; most measured weight is from about 800 m on Yakushima.

JapanTaiwanChinaTibetMyanmar

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.