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Phalaenopsis cochlearis

A critically endangered, CITES-listed Phalaenopsis from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo, named for its spoon-shaped lip. It carries broad leaves in two rows and branching spikes up to 50 cm long of glossy pale yellow flowers. It grows on trees and rocks in hill forest, often on limestone, at 500–700 m, so it is a warm grower that wants humidity and good air movement.

Phalaenopsis cochlearis
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 epiphytic or lithophytic herb of hill forest, including trees in limestone areas in Sarawak and lowland mixed dipterocarp forest.

Wikipedia gives 500–700 m; a Sarawak herbarium specimen came from about 530 m.

Peninsular MalaysiaBorneo (Sarawak, Sabah)

🔒 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.