Phalaenopsis hygrochila
A large epiphytic orchid, long known as Hygrochilus parishii or Vandopsis parishii, with leathery leaves 17–29 cm long and drooping sprays of yellow flowers blotched with purple and a white lip in June and July. It grows in open forest in the monsoon hills from Assam to southern China, Thailand and Vietnam. Grow it like a warm-to-intermediate vanda: bright light, warm humid summers and a cooler, drier winter.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on trees in open forest in the monsoon hills. Open forest suggests bright, broken light and good air movement around the roots.
The literature gives 700–1,300 m; the nine GBIF records with an elevation are at 423–950 m (median 600 m).
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