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Phalaenopsis finleyi

A rare, small epiphytic Phalaenopsis from the broad-leaved evergreen forests of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, long known as Kingidium minus or Doritis minus. It grows high on trunks and branches where it is hard to see, and flowers in June–July with white, brown-barred flowers. Very little habitat information has been published, so treat it as a warm, humid monsoon-forest Phalaenopsis.

Phalaenopsis finleyi
Photo: epicphals/kobe, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows on trunks and branches in broad-leaved evergreen forest, apparently in the canopy, which is why it is rarely observed. No detailed microhabitat, host or elevation data have been published that we could find.

No elevation is recorded in the sources we found, and GBIF has no wild records with locality data. It is presumed to be a lowland to lower-montane species of monsoon evergreen forest.

MyanmarThailandVietnam

🔒 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.