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Phalaenopsis corningiana

Corning's Phalaenopsis

A Bornean endemic Phalaenopsis with long, glossy leaves and short spikes of waxy, strongly fragrant cream flowers barred and blotched with red-brown, opening in succession through spring and summer. It grows as an epiphyte high on mossy trees near waterfalls and limestone cliffs at low elevation, so it wants warm, humid, shaded conditions all year. True plants are rare in collections, and many sold under this name are P. sumatrana or P. zebrina.

Phalaenopsis corningiana
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on large mossy trees about 6 m up, near waterfalls and limestone cliffs in lowland to hill forest. The spray keeps the air constantly humid.

Reported from 450–610 m (orchidspecies.com). The one GBIF record with an elevation (1,643 m) is a plant at Denver Botanic Gardens, not a wild site.

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 4.0 licence, unmodified.