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Goodyera rubicunda

A large terrestrial jewel orchid with three to six leaves, ranging from northeast India and the Ryukyu Islands to New Guinea, Queensland and the Pacific islands. It grows in damp, shaded rainforest and needs steady warmth, high humidity and low light.

Goodyera rubicunda
Photo: Kuo-Chu Yueh, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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

Grows in damp places on the forest floor in rainforest, in humus and leaf litter.

Recorded at 30–2,000 m (median about 600 m).

AssamEast HimalayaSouth-Central ChinaTaiwanRyukyu IslandsVietnamPhilippinesBorneoSumatraJavaSulawesiNew GuineaQueenslandNew CaledoniaSolomon IslandsVanuatu

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.