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Orchids Partly documented

Phalaenopsis aphrodite

The large white moth orchid of the Philippines and south-eastern Taiwan, and one of the main ancestors of the white Phalaenopsis hybrids sold everywhere. It grows as an epiphyte in warm, humid lowland forest with rain all year and a slightly cooler, drier spell from about January to April. It grows much like a supermarket Phalaenopsis, a little warmer.

Phalaenopsis aphrodite
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trees in humid tropical forest, like most of the genus. Detailed field descriptions were not available for this profile, so habitat detail is general to the genus.

No reliable elevation range was found. Few measured records carry an elevation.

PhilippinesTaiwan: south-east (subsp. formosana)

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.