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Orchids Partly documented

Phalaenopsis venosa

A compact moth orchid from Sulawesi with 4-5 cm flowers, greenish yellow heavily barred with brown and with a rather unpleasant scent, carried on flattened flower stems. It grows in wet primary forest in the hills at about 450-1000 m, so it wants warm days, slightly milder nights than lowland species, and humidity all year. It is threatened in the wild by logging and forest clearance.

Phalaenopsis venosa
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 Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of wet forest; the only specimen labels note primary forest. Its exact position on the tree is not documented in the sources found.

Literature gives 450-1000 m. The measured site's temperatures (days about 26-27 C, nights about 20-21 C) fit that lower-montane band.

SulawesiPhilippines

🔒 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.