Goodyera sumbawana

A little-documented terrestrial jewel orchid described from the Lesser Sunda Islands, with almost nothing published beyond its description. Like other tropical Goodyera it is a creeping, rhizomatous forest-floor plant; grow it as a warm, shaded, humid terrarium orchid and keep it from drying out.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes are published for this species; tropical Goodyera grow in leaf litter on shaded forest floors, often in hill and lower montane forest.

No elevation is recorded; the single climate site sits at about 270 m, but forest-floor Goodyera in the Lesser Sundas more likely grow in moister hill forest higher up.

Lesser Sunda IslandsSumbawa

🔒 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.