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Vanda dearei

A Bornean Vanda described by Reichenbach in 1886 with fragrant, pale yellow flowers, known to growers as a warm lowland species. GBIF holds no georeferenced wild records, so the climate is a Bornean placeholder site; grow it hot, bright and humid with no dry rest.

Vanda dearei
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A large monopodial epiphyte, generally reported from lowland forest in Borneo; no habitat notes were found in the records we could open.

Elevation is not recorded; the measured climate is from a placeholder at about 430 m.

Borneo

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.