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Phalaenopsis bellina

A Bornean moth orchid prized for its waxy, strongly citrus-scented, green-and-violet flowers. It is a warm-growing lowland epiphyte with thick leaves, from very wet, humid forest. It likes stable warmth, shaded to moderately bright light and humid air, with the roots drying slightly between waterings.

Phalaenopsis bellina
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

It grows as an epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid lowland forest, with thick, fleshy leaves that hang down and velamen-covered roots stuck to bark. Sources describe it in the forest canopy, but in cultivation it is treated as a shade-tolerant, humid, warm-growing Phalaenopsis. Many other lowland Phalaenopsis grow on shaded trunks, often near water.

There are no usable GBIF records. The one climate site used is at about 430 m in western Borneo, which fits a lowland to low-hill epiphyte.

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 2.0 licence, unmodified.