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Orchids Partly documented

Paphiopedilum dayanum

A mottled-leaved slipper orchid from northern Borneo, best known from the slopes around Mount Kinabalu in Sabah. It has tessellated leaves and a single large flower with long, spreading petals on a tall stem. Treat it as a shade-loving, warm-intermediate Paphiopedilum that roots into humus on the forest floor.

Paphiopedilum dayanum
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

A terrestrial orchid of shaded montane forest around Mount Kinabalu, where it roots into humus and leaf litter. Herbarium labels give localities (Mount Kinabalu, Penibukan Ridge) but no habitat notes. The forest-floor habit here is generalised from other mottled-leaved Paphiopedilum.

GBIF herbarium specimens with an elevation range from 915 to 1,372 m. Other specimens have no elevation.

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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.