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Phalaenopsis intermedia

Phalaenopsis × intermedia is a natural hybrid of P. aphrodite and P. equestris from the Philippines, with small white-to-pink flowers on arching spikes. It grows in hot, humid lowland forest where both parents occur, so give it warm nights all year and a short, slightly cooler and drier spell in the early months to encourage spikes.

Phalaenopsis intermedia
Photo: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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

A shade epiphyte of hot lowland forest, often near water, where its parents overlap; inferred from the parents and the measured climate.

Lowland; the three record sites lie at 20 to 190 m.

Philippines

🔒 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 2.5 licence, unmodified.