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Vanda curvifolia

A compact, warm-growing monopodial orchid, long known as Ascocentrum curvifolium, with narrow, strongly down-curved leaves and upright spikes of bright orange-red flowers in late spring and summer. It grows on deciduous trees in seasonally dry lowland forest from the eastern Himalaya through Myanmar and Thailand to Indochina and southern China. It wants strong light, heat, and a clear dry season with cooler nights.

Vanda curvifolia
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on deciduous trees in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forest. Its host trees drop their leaves in the dry season, so for part of the year the plant sits in near-full sun, and in the wet season it gets bright, broken shade.

Recorded from sea level to about 700 m. The measured sites lie between sea level and about 530 m.

East HimalayaAssamNepalMyanmarThailandLaosVietnamSouth-central and southern China

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.