Vanda falcata

Wind orchid

A small, fan-shaped epiphytic orchid from warm-temperate forests of southern Japan, Korea and eastern China, better known to growers as Neofinetia falcata. It has fragrant white spurred flowers in early summer and a centuries-old Japanese tradition of named cultivars (fukiran). It is a cool-to-warm grower that needs hot, humid, rainy summers and a cool, bright, drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

It grows on the branches and trunks of both deciduous and evergreen trees, and sometimes on rock cliffs and old stone walls. Its roots are exposed to the air and dry quickly between rains, so they need moisture and strong air movement together.

Few records carry an elevation. Most measured sites are low (30–400 m), in coastal warm-temperate forest; one site on Jeju at about 1460 m is much cooler than the rest and pulls the averages down a little.

Japan (Honshu south to the Ryukyus)South Korea (including Jeju)Eastern and central 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.